The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, and the Secretary-Treasurer.
President Elect
President Elect
Kathy Sexton-Radek, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Sexton-Radek has worked clinically in the field of Sleep Medicine for over thirty years. She had an office as an Indepedent Constractor in Suburban Pulmonary & Sleep Associates for the last twenty years and previous to that received referrals to her private practice office. Dr. Sexton-Radek treats cases of sleep disturbance, Insomnia with CBTi, conduct assessments. She has worked with OSA patients on issues of compliance and CPAP mask resistance, position sleeping and sleep hygiene. Dr. Sexton-Radek conducts supportive psychotherapy with patients with medical conditions that also include sleep disturbances. She has actively published in the Sleep Medicine field in peer-referred journals. Her colleague, Gina Graci and herself have just released their second book on sleep titled, “Sleep Disorders” with Pergamon press.
President
President
Henry B. Arantes, BA, RPSGT
University of Chicago Medicine
Clinical and Research Sleep Coordinator
Mr. Arantes has been interested in the field of sleep on a clinical, academic, and research level since his undergraduate work at Rutgers University. Mr. Arantes focused his post graduate training in neuroanatomy and electrophysiology at Penn State University Medical Center as well as four years of sleep research at Brown University’s E.P. Bradley Sleep Research laboratory. During his academic years, Mr. Arantes has also collaborated on abstracts and publications in sleep medicine. His greatest passion resides in academic education of sleep methodology and has extensive experience in sleep lab management.
Secretary-Treasurer
Secretary-Treasurer
Kevin Adley, RPSGT, CCSH
Midwest Dental Sleep Center
Kevin serves as the Director of Program Development at Midwest Dental Sleep Center in the Greater Chicago Area. With more than two decades of experience, he possesses extensive clinical and technical expertise, complemented by a diverse skill set in program development and healthcare technology sales.
Committed to sharing knowledge, He has played a key role in developing multiple educational lectures & workshops focused on Polysomnographic Technology, Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and Dental Sleep Medicine. He is committed to giving back to the field and enjoys being part of the innovation process of Sleep Medicine.
Immediate Past-President
Immediate Past-President
Alejandra C. Lastra, MD
The University of Chicago
Program Director Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Vice-American Academy of Sleep Medicine Education Committee
Alejandra C. Lastra, MD, is the director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship, and assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at The University of Chicago. She is a recognized member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), serving as Vice-Chair of the AASM Educational Committee.
As President of the Illinois Sleep Society, she is currently leading the development of a multidisciplinary/multi-center educational platform in the region for healthcare providers and patients. Dr. Lastra is passionate about technology’s role in medical education and is a graduate of the Online Teaching and Course Design class from Rush Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation. She developed the continuous medical education program at the Rush Sleep Disorders Service & Research Center, and is collaborating for curricula development for sleep medicine education for trainees locally and internationally with organizations such as the World Sleep Society and the Venezuelan Sleep Society.
Her clinical and research interests involve home sleep testing, COPD-OSA overlap syndrome, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in cardiopulmonary conditions and central sleep apnea disorders. She leads clinical programs involving inpatient sleep screening with portable monitors and hypoglossal nerve stimulation in collaboration with otolaryngology.