SASSM was formally launched in Cape Town on the 21st February 2009 and the following office bearers were elected to represent the interests of the Society until the first Annual General Meeting which is planned to coincide with the first SASSM Congress 19th – 22nd February 2010 SASSM, PO Box 555, Noordhoek, 7979, Western Cape, South Africa In addition, at the launch of SASSM, Professor Colin M Shapiro was awarded a lifetime achievement award for services to Sleep Medicine and made Honorary Life President of SASSM
The South African Society of Sleep Medicine (SASSM) is the only professional representative society for Sleep Medicine Specialists in South Africa and is an official group of the South African Medical Association (SAMA), an association incorporated under Section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973, registered No 05/00136/08.