Introduction of Board of Directors 2020-2022

PRESIDENT

RAYLEIGH PING-YING CHIANG, M.D., M.M.S.

Deputy Superintendent, Kang-Ning General Hospital
Vice-President, University of Kang Ning, Taipei, Taiwan
Director, Sleep Technology Special Interest Group (SIG), INSIGHT (Innovation and Synergy for Intelligent Home and Living Technology) Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Director, Sleep Technology Consortium (STC, http://sleeptechconsortium.org) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Contributing physician, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Advisory Committee of tFDA, Minister of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Government
President, International Sleep Science and Technology Association (ISSTA), Berlin, Germany and Taiwan Chapter
Visiting Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
ESRS (EU) Board Certificated "Grandparent" Somnologist
Board of Director, Stanford Taiwan Club
Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (Official Publication of American Academy of Sleep Medicine. SCI, IF = 3.926)
Editorial board, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI IF = 3.634) a prestigious academic journal on neuroscience based in U.K..ESRS (European Sleep Research Society) Board Certificated “Grandparent Somnologist” more...

RAYLEIGH PING-YING CHIANG, M.D., M.M.S.

Deputy Superintendent, Kang-Ning General Hospital
Vice-President, University of Kang Ning, Taipei, Taiwan
Director, Sleep Technology Special Interest Group (SIG), INSIGHT (Innovation and Synergy for Intelligent Home and Living Technology) Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Director, Sleep Technology Consortium (STC, http://sleeptechconsortium.org) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Contributing physician, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Advisory Committee of tFDA, Minister of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Government
President, International Sleep Science and Technology Association (ISSTA), Berlin, Germany and Taiwan Chapter
Visiting Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
ESRS (EU) Board Certificated "Grandparent" Somnologist
Board of Director, Stanford Taiwan Club
Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (Official Publication of American Academy of Sleep Medicine. SCI, IF = 3.926)
Editorial board, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI IF = 3.634) a prestigious academic journal on neuroscience based in U.K..ESRS (European Sleep Research Society) Board Certificated “Grandparent Somnologist” more...

RAYLEIGH PING-YING CHIANG, M.D., M.M.S.

Deputy Superintendent, Kang-Ning General Hospital
Vice-President, University of Kang Ning, Taipei, Taiwan
Director, Sleep Technology Special Interest Group (SIG), INSIGHT (Innovation and Synergy for Intelligent Home and Living Technology) Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Director, Sleep Technology Consortium (STC, http://sleeptechconsortium.org) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Contributing physician, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Advisory Committee of tFDA, Minister of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Government
President, International Sleep Science and Technology Association (ISSTA), Berlin, Germany and Taiwan Chapter
Visiting Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
ESRS (EU) Board Certificated "Grandparent" Somnologist
Board of Director, Stanford Taiwan Club
Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (Official Publication of American Academy of Sleep Medicine. SCI, IF = 3.926)
Editorial board, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI IF = 3.634) a prestigious academic journal on neuroscience based in U.K..ESRS (European Sleep Research Society) Board Certificated “Grandparent Somnologist” more...

RAYLEIGH PING-YING CHIANG, M.D., M.M.S.

Deputy Superintendent, Kang-Ning General Hospital
Vice-President, University of Kang Ning, Taipei, Taiwan
Director, Sleep Technology Special Interest Group (SIG), INSIGHT (Innovation and Synergy for Intelligent Home and Living Technology) Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei
Director, Sleep Technology Consortium (STC, http://sleeptechconsortium.org) under Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Contributing physician, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Advisory Committee of tFDA, Minister of Health & Welfare, Executive Yuan, Taiwan Government
President, International Sleep Science and Technology Association (ISSTA), Berlin, Germany and Taiwan Chapter
Visiting Professor, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
ESRS (EU) Board Certificated "Grandparent" Somnologist
Board of Director, Stanford Taiwan Club
Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (Official Publication of American Academy of Sleep Medicine. SCI, IF = 3.926)
Editorial board, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (SCI IF = 3.634) a prestigious academic journal on neuroscience based in U.K..ESRS (European Sleep Research Society) Board Certificated “Grandparent Somnologist” more...

Prof. Dr. Murat Özgören

Vice-Rector, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Brain Dynamics Research Center, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey

Prof. Dr. rer. Physiol. THOMAS PENZEL

Research director, Sleep Medicine Center at the Charité, University Hospital Berlin
Senior researcher in cardiovascular sleep research, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
Treasurer, World Association on Sleep Medicine (WASM)
Chair ,European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), sleep medicine committee,
Co-chair, European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), examination committee,
Chair, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, TC Cardiopulmonary
Member, European Respiratory Society (ERS), harmonising education for respiratory medicine of European specialists (HERMES) for respiratory sleep
Co-chair, World Association on Sleep Medicine, examination committee,
Treasurer, World Sleep Society
Chair of the board, German Sleep Foundation (charitable foundation)
Shareholder, Somnico GmbH (a medical education and consulting company)
Scientific director and shareholder, Advanced Sleep Research GmbH (a clinical research organization)

OFER JACOBOWITZ, M.D., Ph.D. FAASM FAAOA

Partner, ENT and Allergy Associates, Manhattan and Middletown, NY.
Sleep Medicine and Sleep Surgery for obstructive sleep apnea
Perform diagnosis and multimodal management of OSA using CPAP, Oral appliances, and sleep surgery.
Perform advanced surgical procedures including palatal advancement pharyngoplasty, lateral pharyngoplasty, UPPP, genioglossus advancement, hyoid suspension, partial glossectomy
Treat Adult and Pediatric OSA, and other sleep disorders.
Associate Director, the Orange Regional Medical Center for Sleep Disorders.

Dr. Niels Wessel

Heading the Cardiovascular Physics group at the Department of Physics of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
He has been working in nonlinear time series analysis and modelling with regard to their applications to medical data and risk stratification since 1993.
Guest scientist at Charité Berlin.