PAEDIATRICS (symposium session): The future of paediatric sleep medicine - where to next?

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Track 2
Thursday, November 12, 2026
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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New AI technologies have potential to improve diagnostic accuracy, accessibility and patient tolerability; reduce health inequalities; and yield numerous economic and environmental benefits for the diagnosis of paediatric sleep disordered breathing. Although most previous research has been in adults, sleep disordered breathing is very common in children and has a completely different aetiology to that in adults. This symposium will provide up to date information on new technologies which may improve diagnosis in the paediatric population.


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Dr Mon Ohn
Consultant Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Physician
Perth Children's Hospital

Rewriting paediatric OSA assessment: AI, biomarkers, and what comes next

3:45 PM - 4:03 PM

Biography

Dr Mon Ohn is a Consultant Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician at Perth Children’s Hospital. Mon completed her PhD at the University of Western Australia, focusing on safety and quality in paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea management, including a review of the emerging role of artificial intelligence in OSA assessment. Her clinical and research interests centre on improving the diagnosis and management of sleep-disordered breathing in children. Mon is involved in several ongoing paediatric sleep research projects and enjoys combining clinical practice, research, teaching, and trainee supervision.
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Dr Ajay Kevat
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Queensland Children's Hospital

Improving the clinical value of a well-known paediatric sleep test: Machine learning applied to home oximetry for evaluating children presenting with symptoms of sleep disordered breathing

4:03 PM - 4:21 PM

Biography

Dr Ajay Kevat is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Specialist at the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children’s Hospital, and a Senior Lecturer at the Children’s Health Queensland Clinical Unit., Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences at The University of Queensland. He is the Oceania Region Ambassador for the AASM’s International Assembly. His key sleep research interest is in the exploration of artificial intelligence approaches for aiding detection of sleep apnoea in children.
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Dr Adelaide Withers
Respiratory And Sleep Paediatrician
Perth Children's Hospital

Home sleep studies in children compared to laboratory polysomnography; feasibility, accuracy and economics

4:21 PM - 4:39 PM

Biography

Dr Withers is a paediatric respiratory and sleep physician at Perth Children's Hospital and a researcher at The Kids Institute Australia. Her clinical and research interests include sleep disordered breathing in neuromuscular disorders, complex upper airway obstruction, long-term ventilation and tracheo-malacia in children with cystic fibrosis.
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Dr Lauren Nisbet
Sleep Paediatrician
Monash Children's Hospital

Considerations when using sleep devices with adult-based automated algorithms in paediatrics

4:39 PM - 4:57 PM

Biography

Dr Lauren Nisbet is a clinician-scientist with a consultant position at the Melbourne Children's Sleep Centre at Monash Children's Hospital, and an appointment as Research Fellow through the Department of Paediatrics, Monash University. Her recent clinician fellowship awarded through Monash Partners and Equity Trustees investigated home-based sleep testing in children.
Prof Rosemary Horne
Professor
Monash University

Chair

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