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 2025/11/23 08:00-10:00  Room 201 DEF
  • SYMPOSIUM 14 Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorder in Neurological Disorders: Advancing the Frontier We Approach
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(Taiwan)
  • Chung-Yao  Hsu
  • MD, PhD
  • Chief, Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
    Chief&Professor, Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University
    Chief, Sleep Medicine Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
    E-mail:cyhsu61@gmail.com
Executive Summary:
Dr. Hsu got his M.D. degree from the Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. He had been a research fellow at the Department of Sleep Medicine of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK, between 1999 and 2004. Dr. Hsu came back to Taiwan in 2004 and began to work as an assistant professor and attending physician at the Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University and Hospital. Currently, he is appointed as professor, director of Sleep Center at the Department of Neurology, and also the chief of the Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University and Hospital. Dr. Hsu had been the president of Taiwan Society of Sleep Medicine, a vice secretary in general of Taiwan Society of Clinical Neurophysiology and executive member of Taiwan Neurological Society. He is now an executive member of Taiwan Society of Sleep Medicine, Taiwan Epilepsy Society. Under the leadership of Dr. Hsu, the KMUH Sleep Medicine Center is built on a foundation of basic and clinical research teams specializing in sleep neuroscience. It integrates a small animal sleep laboratory as part of an interdisciplinary translational medicine team across institutions and fields. The center leverages artificial intelligence and industry-academic collaboration, forming a highly professional interdisciplinary sleep medicine team. The center has received numerous accolades for its work in neurological sleep disorders, including the Symbol of National Quality (SNQ), the National Healthcare Quality Award (NHQA) in the smart healthcare category, and the National Innovation Award. In recent years, its published research papers have been recognized as leading contributions among medical centers and sleep centers nationwide.

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