Organizational Structure

Executive Committee Of Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)

GIFOSA DIRECTOR BOARD

• Professor Sy Duong-Quy, MD, PhD, FCCP
President – Founder of Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Penn State Medical College. Pennsylvania State University. PA, USA
Paris Cité University. University of Medicine and Pharmacy – Hanoi National University
• Professor Thomas Penzel, MD, PhD
Co-President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Interdisciplinary Sleep Medicine Centre, Charité
Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
• Professor Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD
Co-President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic & Stanford University Center for Human Sleep Research, USA
• Professor Timothy Craig, MD, PhD
Co-President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Penn State Medical College
Pennsylvania State University. PA, USA
• Professor Francis Martin, MD
Co-President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Department of Sleep Pathologies
Groupe Hospitalier Les Jockeys. Gouvieux, France
• Professor Véronique Bricourt, MD, PhD
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Department of Sports and Pathologies
INSERM U1300 Unit. South Hopital. Echirolles, Grenoble. France
• Professor Fannie Onen, MD, PhD
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Department of Physiology – Functional Explorations
Sleep Unit. Hôpital Ambroise Paré & Hôpital Bicêtre, APHP
INSERM U1018 & CESP, Paris-Saclay University. France
• Professor Thanh Dang-Vu, MD, PhD, FAASM
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Director, Sleep, Cognition & Neuroimaging Laboratory (SCNLab)
Concordia University. Montreal, Canada
• Professor Naricha Chirakalwasan, MD, FAASM, FAPSR
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Department of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
• Professor Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu, MD, DDS, FDSRC(Ed), FACS
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
NSU Health Breathe & Sleep Wellness Center
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale. Florida, USA

• Professor Hiroshi Kadotani, MD, PhD
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Shiga University of Medical Science
• A/Professor Tayard Desudchit, MD
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Department of Medicine. Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

• A/Professor Vu-Van Giap, MD, PhD
Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
Vice-Director of Bach Mai Hospital. Ministry of Health of Vietnam
Deputy President of Vietnam Respiratory Society (VNRS) and Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine (VSSM)

Executive Committee Members
Global Experts in Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, Cardiology, ENT, Neurology, Dentistry, Psychology,
Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Pediatric Medicine, Medicine of Sport, Rehabilitation, Telemedicine, Public Health, Bioengineering,
Representatives from WHO-Affiliated Networks. Leaders of National Sleep Societies

• Professor Thomas Penzel, MD, PhD
  President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Professor Clete A. Kushida, MD, PhD
  President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Professor Sy Duong-Quy, MD, PhD, FCCP
  President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Professor Francis Martin, MD
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Chair – Treatment and Management of OSA – GIFOSA
• Professor Véronique Bricourt, MD, PhD
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Professor Thanh Dang-Vu, MD, PhD, FAASM
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Professor Naricha Chirakalwasan, MD, FAASM, FAPSR
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Chair – Diagnosis and Screening Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu, MD, DDS, FDSRC(Ed), FACS
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Chair – Maxillofacial Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Tayard Desudchit, MD
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Chair – Pediatric OSA Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Hiroshi Kadotani, MD, PhD
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
• A/Professor Vu-Van Giap, MD, PhD
  Deputy President – Global Initiative for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (GIFOSA)
• Professor Ofer Jacobowitz MD, PhD, FAASM, FAAOA
  Chair – ENT Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Mohammed A. Al-Abri, MD, PhD, FAASM
  Co-Chair – Public Health & Policy Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Allen Widysanto, MD, PhD, TTS, FAPSR, FISR
  Vice-Chair – Diagnosis and Screening Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Carlos O’Connor Reina
  Chair – Prevention and Personalized Multidisciplinary Care of GIFOSA
• Professor Hiroshi Kadotani, MD, PhD
  Chair – Public Health & Policy Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Hyung Chae Yang, MD, PhD
  Co-Chair – ENT Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• Prof. Rodolfo Lugo Saldaña, MD
  Co-Chair – ENT Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Yap Yoke Yeow, MD, RPSGT
  Chair – ENT Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Guillermo Plaza, MD, PhD
  Professor of Otorhinolaryngology – International Expert of GIFOSA
• Professor To-Nhu Vu, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Public Health & Policy Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Nguyen Nhu Vinh, MD, PhD
  General Secretary – OSA Diagnosis and Screening Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Le Thi Minh Huong, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Pediatric OSA Committee – GIFOSA
• Doctor Justine Frija, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Diagnosis and Screening Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Nguyen Thi Thu Dung
  Vice-Chair – Public Health & Policy Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Nguyen Duy Thai
  General Secretary – Public Health & Policy Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Carlos Teixeira
  Chair – Polysomnography & Sleep Technique Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Glenn Roldan, RPSGT, RST, CCSH
  Co-Chair – Polysomnography & Sleep Technique Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Tran Phan Chung Thuy, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – ENT Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Leow Leong Chai
  Chair – Comorbidities of OSA Committee – GIFOSA
• Professor Hoang Anh Tien, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Comorbidities of OSA Committee – GIFOSA
• Professor Ravi Gupta MD, PhD, MAMS
  Vice-Chair – Comorbidities of OSA Committee – GIFOSA
• A/Professor Rusdi Bin Abd Rashid, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Comorbidities of OSA Committee – GIFOSA
• Professor Sang-Ha Kim, MD, PhD
  Chair – Treatment and Management Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Raymond Lee, PhD
  Chair – Research and Innovation Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Babak Amra, MD
  Chair of Asthma-COPD-OSA Overlap (ACOSOU) Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Hicham Janah, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair of Asthma-COPD-OSA Overlap (ACOSOU) Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Joëlle Texereau
  Vice-Chair – Treatment and Management Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Pei-Lin Lee MD, PhD, FAASM
  Vice-Chair – Treatment and Management Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Le Khac Bao, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Treatment and Management Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Vu Van Giap, MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Treatment and Management Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Mai Anh Tuan, PhD
  Vice-Chair – Research and Innovation Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Amine Benjelloun, MD, PhD
  Co-Chair of Asthma-COPD-OSA Overlap (ACOSOU) Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Vu Van Giap MD, PhD
  Vice-Chair of Asthma-COPD-OSA Overlap (ACOSOU) Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Vo Pham Minh Thu, MD, PhD
  General Secretary of Asthma-COPD-OSA Overlap (ACOSOU) Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Faisal Asad, MD, MBBS, MRCP, FCPS, FCCP,  FRCP, MRCP
  Vice-Chair of OSA and Respiratory Diseases Committee of GIFOSA
• A/Professor Mouhamad Ghyath Jamil, MD, PhD
  Chair of Tele Medicine and Tele Health Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Ho Thien Huong
  General Secretary – Pediatric OSA Committee – GIFOSA
• Doctor Hoang Long
  General Secretary – ENT Intervention Committee of GIFOSA
• Doctor Hoang Thi Xuan Huong
  General Secretary of OSA Nursing Care Committee of GIFOSA
• Professor Kouassi Boko Alexandre, MD, PhD
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Professor Chan Sarin, MD, PhD
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Nguyen-Ngoc-Phuong Thu, PhD
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Bui Diem Khue
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• A/Professor Jianchen Cui, MD, PhD
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Jing Ye, PhD, RPSGT
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Hamza Dhafar
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Professor Franck-Hardain Okemba-Okombi, MD, PhD
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Ngah Komo Marie Elisabeth épouse OMGBA
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• A/Professor Ulrich Davy Kombila, MD, MSc
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Oumou Hawa Diallo
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Halidou Moussa Souleymane
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Djagadou Kodjo Agbeko
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Huynh Anh Tuan
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Nguyen Hai Cong
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Nguyen Huu Hoang
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Vu Tran Thien Quan
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Nguyen Thi Hong Lien
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Phan Thanh Thuy
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Heng Menghak
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Kor Hoksim
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Massongo Massongo
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Mr. Nguyen Trong Bang, RPSGT
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA
• Doctor Ana Luísa Vieira
  Executive Board Member – GIFOSA

Scientific Committees
A. Committee on Diagnosis and Screening
Standardization of HSAT, PSG, AI-based scoring; Criteria for OSA severity and phenotyping; Screening strategies for primary care and special populations (children,
elderly, obesity, occupational drivers).

B. Committee on Treatment & Long-Term Management
CPAP/BiPAP guidelines; Oral appliance therapy; Surgical approaches; Weight loss/rehabilitation; Telemonitoring protocols; Adherence-improvement strategies.

C. Committee on Comorbidities
Asthma–COPD–OSA Overlap (ACOSOU); Cardiometabolic complications; Hypertension and resistant hypertension; Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome: Neurocognitive dysfunction.

D. Committee on Public Health & Policy
Advocacy for reimbursement models; Cost-effectiveness analyses; Raising awareness in governments, communities, and industry.

E. Committee on Research & Innovation
International multicenter trial; Collaborative global registry for OSA; Promotion of innovations in telemedicine, wearable diagnostics, and smart and Low-Cost CPAP.

Regional Working Groups
GIFOSA will establish continental/regional staff: Asia–Pacific Staff – Europe Staff – North America Staff – Latin America Staff – Middle East–Africa Staff – Each Staff partners with: – National Sleep Societies – Pulmonology Societies – ENT and Neurology Federations – Institutional Sleep Centers.