Ryan C. Javanbakht
President | CEO | Apneic Patient
Ryan C. Javanbakht is the President and CEO of SleepTest.com. He co-founded the national home sleep testing service in 2016 after discovering his father’s life-threatening, cardiovascular condition was an avoidable one, had he only been given better access to and knowledge of sleep testing. He has since built a powerful team of motivated people whose desire it is to create a faster, more effective way of testing. He and his team wake up every morning with a purpose to provide care to the over thirty million American patients suffering with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea.
Passionate About Helping People Live Better, Healthier & More Fulfilled Lives
Ryan has spent most of his professional career in healthcare because he loves to be in a role where he can help people live better, healthier, and more fulfilled lives. He started this journey in dentistry and orthodontics with Invisalign, and then made his way into the vascular world with Bard Peripheral Vascular (BD); however, Ryan fully committed to the field of sleep medicine when he learned his father’s detrimental, cardiovascular condition could have been improved with a sleep test. It wasn’t until after his father went through open-heart surgery, a triple bypass, multiple angioplasties and stent placements that he was prescribed a sleep test. After testing they learned that he had severe apnea and most likely led to his father’s cardiovascular issues. Both of Ryan’s parents have sleep apnea and have blessed him with a very narrow airway, leading to his own sleep apnea. Ryan is a big believer in all types of treatment but he and his parents all wear oral appliance therapy every night they sleep.
Educator & Advocate For Better Health Through Improved Sleep
The son of an educator, Ryan is a forever-student. He knows the value of learning and teaching. His degree in Psychology from the University of California, Davis, paired with his continued research in human behavior propelled him to lecture as an expert in testing and airway education, as well as psychology and communication. He’s lectured at many state dental board meetings, at the North American Dental Sleep Symposium, the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, California Dental Association, Obstructive Sleep Airway University, the American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry, i-CAT Congress, Vatech Symposium, and several other continued education events with Tucker Educational Excellence, Kavo, Invisalign, Henry Schein, Patterson, Benco, and Burkart. Beyond his speaking engagements, his work and his philosophies have been documented in multiple publications. Ryan tirelessly creates better options for the thousands of patients who have been and will be tested and diagnosed using the SleepTest.com service…and he believes this all begins with awareness and education.
Father & Community Member
Ryan maintains a valuable balance between helping others and finding his own fulfillment in those he loves. While he serves as a board member of the non-profit organization, Go Ministries, and is a servant leader at Harbor Point church, he is an avid reader who also values the joy of a great workout. Most important, he is a proud father raising his twins, Micah and Skyla, in sunny, Southern California. If you don’t catch him coaching Skyla’s soccer team, you’ll find him cheering on Micah’s football and baseball teams, taking both of them on Adventure Guides camping trips, snowboarding, or walking their dog, Luna, at Salt Creek Beach.
If you're a dentist who treats sleep apnea, you've probably heard this question more than once. Many of your patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea will likely have been to medical doctors for treatment. Some may already be using CPAP and cannot tolerate it. Others will have been to other dentists who did not have the education and training to treat this complex but prevalent breathing-related sleep disorder.
Millions of Americans are plagued with poor sleep. Night after night, no matter how exhausted they are, sleep eludes many people, and a blissful night of eight hours of sleep is a rare occurrence. Some people haven’t had a restful night of sleep in their entire adult lives, while others are just now having sleep-related issues for the first time.
It’s important that all medical doctors, dentists, and other healthcare professionals empathize with their patients. You must understand, or at least appreciate, what your patients are experiencing and feeling in order to relate to them and understand their concerns. While clinical skills make a good doctor or dentist, understanding the patient’s experience makes great doctors and dentists. Here, you will learn what your patients experienced with their home sleep test in hopes that you’ll gain a better understanding of what they went through to arrive at your office for Obstructive Sleep Apnea treatment.
