Delegate: Sy Duong-Quy
Affiliation: Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine
Short Bio: Professor Sy Duong-Quy is Director of Lam Dong Medical College and Sleep Lab Center; and Professor at Penn State Medical College. He is the President of the Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine – VSSM.
He is an expert in Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Diseases. He is also a Fellow of the College of Chest Physicians of USA.
Professor Sy Duong-Quy is a clinical physician who is also very active in both teaching and research. He has published over 100 papers in international journals and book chapters in international textbooks. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Functional Ventilation and Pulmonology – JFVP and the Journal of Vascular Medicine and Surgery – JVMS. He was invited as a speaker in many international congresses. He was the Chair of the first ASSM Regional Congress and the fifth FSSM Congress holding in November 2019 in Dalat, Vietnam.
VSSM is a professional association that has been organizing many short and long-term courses for healthcare workers who are interest in the field of sleep medicine.
Activity: On February 27, 2023, at Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a ceremony was held to receive a polysomnography device donated by Prof. Sy Duong-Quy, President of Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine (VSSM).
On the same day, the MOU signing ceremony between VSSM and Hospital of Post and Telecommunications, Ho Chi Minh City also took place, in order to create conditions to improve knowledge about sleep disorders for hospital staff as well as related professional associations.
World Sleep Day 2023 Slogan in Vietnamese: https://youtu.be/SE5Y5YHZ5J8
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Date of Activity: 27-Feb-2023
Submitted by: Khue Bui
