Organizational Structure

5.1 Chair & Executive Committee:
Chairs
Prof. Sy Duong-Quy
President, Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine
Director, Sleep Education and Research Centers (Vietnam)
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Executive Committee Members (Proposed) – Global experts in pulmonology, sleep medicine, cardiology, ENT, neurology,
endocrinology, telemedicine, public health. – Representatives from WHO-affiliated networks. – Leaders of national sleep societies.
5.2 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
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• Cost-effectiveness analyses
• Raising awareness in governments, communities, and industry
  E. Committee on Research & Innovation:
• International multicenter trials.
• Collaborative global registry for OSA.
• Promotion of innovations in telemedicine, wearable diagnostics, and smart
  CPAP.
  5.3 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