Mission Statement

To further the understanding of sleep and sleep disorders, to provide a forum for communication and education of sleep professionals, and to promulgate the highest standards for polysomnography and the clinical diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, for the people of Texas.

Purposes and Goals

The Society has been organized to promote and advance education in the field of sleep disorders medicine, and more specifically:
To establish, update, and maintain standards for the evaluation and treatment of human sleep disorders and sleep-related disorders;

To establish and continue to review a standard diagnostic classification of such disorders;

To provide a forum for the exchange of information pertaining to human sleep disorders and sleep related disorders;

To promote education and training in sleep disorders medicine and to foster related research through regional institutes, meetings, lectures, and the preparation and distribution of newsletters and other materials;

To represent the sleep disorders discipline in relation to health professional organizations, federal and local regulatory bodies, and federal and private health insurers; and

To exercise all the powers conferred upon non-profit corporations formed under Texas law in order to accomplish the Corporation's purposes.