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Jeffrey Durmer, MD, PhD, D.ABSM
Publications & Invited Talks

Invited Lectures during 2005-2006:

2008 February/ Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine: ”The Neurobiology of Sleep and Arousal Disorders”, Suwanee, GA
2007 November/ New Jersey Sleep Society: ”Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Parasomnias, Nocturnal Seizures and Movement Disorders”, New Brunswick, NJ
2007 June/ SLEEP 2007: ”Periodic Limb Movement Disorder in Children: Medical Therapies”, Minneapolis, MN
2007 June/ SLEEP 2007: ”Pediatric PLMD Clinical Identification and Therapy”, Minneapolis, MN
2007 April/ Brain Tumor Survivorship: ”What are the issues? CHOA Annual Meeting: Sleep, Wake, Circadian Rhythms and Brain Tumors”, Atlanta, GA
2007 March/ 3^rd Annual Pediatric Sleep Medicine Conference at Amelia Island: ”Treatment of RLS and PLMD in Children: Is there a concensus?”, Amelia Island, FL
2006 August/ Brown University, Dement Fellow’s Lecture: “RLS in Children: Clinical research and practice”, Providence, RI
2006 June/ Oregon Health Sciences University, Neurology Grand Rounds: “Identification and Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome in Children”, Portland, OR
2006 June/ Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: “Differential Diagnosis of Parasomnias in Children and Adolescents”, Portland, OR
2006 June/ Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: “Pediatric and Adolescent Restless Legs Syndrome”, Portland, OR
2006 May/ Emory University Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Grand Rounds: “Nocturnal Rehabilitation Medicine”, Atlanta, GA 2006 February/ American Academy of Sleep Medicine Advanced Sleep Medicine Course: “The Diagnosis and Treatment of Parasomnias”, La Jolla, CA
2006 February/ American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine Course: “Symptom-based Approach to Dental Sleep Medicine”, La Jolla, CA. (Invited Lectures Cont’d) (J.S.Durmer CV, pg.4)
2005 February/ Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Priorities for Research, Patient Care, Policy and Education Conference, Amelia Island, FL.

Guest Faculty during 2005-2006:

2006 August/ Brown University, Dement Fellow Retreat, Providence, RI
2006 March/ Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Co-Chair, Sleep and ADHD, Amelia Island, FL
2006 March/ Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Chair, Infant Sleep Symposium, Amelia Island, FL
2005 June/ Associated Professional Sleep Societies Annual Meeting, Symposium on PLMS and RLS in Children, Denver, CO
2005 February/ Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Research Blitz, Amelia Island, FL
2005 February/ Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Pediatric Sleep Medicine Training Symposium, Amelia Island, FL

Journal Reviewer

Sleep 2004-present
The Neurologist 2003-2005

Papers

Durmer JS and Chervin R. Pediatric Sleep Medicine. AAN Continuum Series (in preparation) Durmer JS: Monitoring PLM in Children. Sleep Review, 6(4):49-51, 2005
Durmer JS and Dinges DW.: Neurocognitive consequences of sleep deprivation. Seminars in Neurology, 25:(1) 117-129, 2005.
Durmer JS and Rosenquist AC.: Ibotenic acid lesions in the pedunculopontine region result in recovery of visual orienting in the hemianopic cat. Neuroscience, 106:(4) 765-781, 2001.
Rosenquist AC, Ciaramitaro VM, Durmer JS, Wallace SF, Todd WE.: Ibotenic acid lesions of the superior colliculus produce longer lasting deficits in visual orienting behavior than aspiration lesions in the cat. Progress in Brain Research, 112:117-130, 1996.

Book Chapters

Durmer JS. Restless Legs Syndrome, in Ferri’s Clinical Advisor. FF Ferri, Ed. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA., 2004-2006.
Durmer JS. Obstructive Sleep Apnea, in Ferri’s Clinical Advisor. FF Ferri, Ed. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA., 2004-2006. Durmer JS. Narcolepsy, in Ferri’s Clinical Advisor. FF Ferri, Ed. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia, PA., 2004-2006.
Durmer JS, and Solomon D. Dizziness and vertigo in the older adult, in Clinical Neurology of the Older Adult. JS Sirven and BL Malamut, Eds. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA., 2002

Abstracts

2004 Associated Professional Sleep Societies, 18:251 Ambulatory measurement of periodic leg movements in children with and without restless legs symptoms. Durmer JS, Bliwise DL, Rye DB.
1996 Society for Neuroscience, 26:252.6 Small volume retrograde tracer injections into the superior colliculus of the cat reveal an anatomical substrate for recovery of visual orientation response in the hemianopic cat. Durmer JS & Rosenquist AC.
1995 Society for Neuroscience, 25:265.14 Visual orienting responses in the hemianopic visual field of the cortically blind cat can be restored by site-specific GABA-ergic disinhibition of the superior colliculus. Ciaramitaro V, Durmer JS, Todd WE, & Rosenquist AC.
1994 Society for Neuroscience, 24:485.16 Ibotenic acid lesions of the pedunculopontine nucleus restore visual orienting responses in the previously hemianopic visual field of the cortically blind cat. Durmer JS, Ciaramitaro V, Todd WE, & Rosenquist AC.
1994 Society for Neuroscience, 24:485.14 GABAa mediated disinhibition of the superior colliculus restores visual orienting responses in the previously hemianopic visual field of the cortically blind cat. Ciaramitaro V, Durmer JS, Todd WE, & Rosenquist AC.