November 8, 2023

Alliance of Sleep Apnea Partners Welcomes Co-Founder Kathy Page as Chair

The Alliance of Sleep Apnea Partners, the patient advocacy organization founded in 2018 by sleep apnea patients to promote diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sleep apnea, has elected Kathy Page to chair its board.

Page, a co-founder and past president of ASAP, most recently had served as the nonprofit group’s vice-chair. She succeeds Sarah Gorman, who has served as chair since 2021. Like Gorman, Page is a sleep apnea patient. 

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In addition to her work with ASAP, Page also serves on the board of MyApnea.org and is a member of the American Thoracic Society’s Public Advisory Roundtable. She also has participated as a patient representative in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant funding, has been active in various National Institutes of Health meetings on sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome, and has participated in three Food and Drug Administration grant processes as a patient specialist. She also participated in drafting the “Women & Sleep Apnea” toolkit jointly produced by the Society for Women’s Health Research and ASAP.

“I am honored to be elected as board chair of ASAP,” Page said. “I would like to thank Sarah Gorman for her leadership in ensuring ASAP is established as a patient advocacy organization. Sarah has been a mentor and friend to me for many years, and I have tremendously enjoyed working with her. I look forward to supporting ASAP’s continued growth and success in advocating for people living with sleep-disordered breathing and sleep apnea,” said Page, who is based in Smithton, Missouri. 

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“We are delighted to have Kathy in this leadership role, as she is very well respected among the patient community,” said Dr. Monica Mallampalli, ASAP’s executive director. “Kathy is passionate about patient advocacy and will be instrumental in ensuring ASAP continues to be patient-oriented and patient-focused.”

About the Alliance of Sleep Apnea Partners:

Founded by sleep apnea patients in 2018, the Alliance of Sleep Apnea Partners is committed to promoting diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sleep apnea on behalf of the patient community to advance the state of patient care and lifelong well-being of sleep apnea patients. ASAP does this by empowering patients through awareness and education, building support services within the patient community, identifying critical issues and gaps in patient care, and advocating for patient-centered policies.