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Professor Duong Quy Sy, MD, PhD

Respiratory and sleep medicine specialist

  • President, Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine
  • Head of the Department of Sleep Medicine, VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
  • Professor of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine (United States)
  • Member, National Council for Education and Human Resource Development; Deputy Head of its Vocational Education Subcommittee
  • Vice-Rector, Lam Dong Medical College

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30+
years in practice, teaching and research
100+
articles in international journals (ISI, Scopus) since 2014
6
patents and utility solution patents
6
research projects and initiatives led

About

Professor Duong Quy Sy is a respiratory and sleep medicine specialist with more than 30 years of combined clinical practice, teaching and research. He qualified as a physician in 1991 and completed Specialist Level I training in Internal Medicine and a Master’s in Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine) at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City. After a residency at Bordeaux University Hospital (France), he earned a research Master’s in respiratory and cardiovascular pathology at Paris XII University, a doctorate in respiratory medicine at Paris-Est University (2009), and completed postdoctoral research at Paris Descartes University (2010–2013). He publishes internationally as Sy Duong-Quy.

Since 1993 he has been with Lam Dong Medical College (formerly Lam Dong Secondary Medical School), teaching while also treating patients at Lam Dong General Hospital. He has served as Head of Training and Research Management, Vice-Rector, Rector (2013–2024) and Chair of the College Council, and is now Vice-Rector. He also heads the Department of Sleep Medicine at the VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Since 2016 he has been Professor of Medicine at Penn State College of Medicine in the United States.

His research covers asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergic rhinitis, exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurement, and obstructive sleep apnoea in adults and children. During the COVID-19 pandemic he led a provincial project that set clinical protocols for high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNC) and therapeutic plasma exchange for severe and critical patients in Binh Duong province. Since 2014 he has authored or co-authored more than 100 articles in international journals indexed in ISI and Scopus, and holds 2 patents and 4 utility solution patents.

He has been President of the Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine since 2020, was President of the ASEAN Sleep Federation (2019–2021) and organised the 5th ASEAN Sleep Congress in Vietnam. He holds the title of Meritorious Physician (2017) and the Second-class Labour Order (2024). Since August 2026 he has held a monthly sleep medicine clinic at Vinmec Da Nang International Hospital and teaches its clinical staff.

Respiratory medicineAsthmaCOPDAllergic rhinitisExhaled nitric oxide (FeNO)Sleep medicineSleep apnoeaMedical educationHealth workforce development

Education

1991
Doctor of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
1993–1995
Specialist Level I in Internal Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
1997–1999
Master of Internal Medicine (Respiratory Medicine), University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
2001–2002
Resident physician, Bordeaux University Hospital (France)
2004–2006
Research Master’s in Respiratory and Cardiovascular Pathology, Paris XII University (France)
2006–2009
Doctorate in Science (Respiratory Medicine), Paris-Est University (France)
2010–2013
Postdoctoral research in Respiratory Medicine, Paris Descartes University (France)

Career

1993–2002
Clinical teacher, Lam Dong Secondary Medical School; clinical practice at Lam Dong General Hospital
2002–2005
Head of Training and Research Management, Lam Dong Secondary Medical School
2005–2013
Vice-Rector, Lam Dong Medical College; clinical practice at Lam Dong General Hospital
2013–2024
Rector, Lam Dong Medical College
From 2016
Professor of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine (United States)
2024–2025
Chair of the College Council and Vice-Rector, Lam Dong Medical College
From 2026
Vice-Rector, Lam Dong Medical College
Hiện nay
Head of the Department of Sleep Medicine, VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Articles

5 articles

Articles are published in Vietnamese. English versions will follow once approved by the author.

· Health policy and workforce

Removing institutional bottlenecks and standardising health workforce competence (in Vietnamese)

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Research

  1. 2026Sleep quality and related factors among students of Lam Dong Medical College. Provincial-level initiative; principal investigator.
  2. 2022Clinical protocol for high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNC) and the effectiveness of therapeutic plasma exchange in severe and critical COVID-19 at hospitals in Binh Duong province. Provincial project; principal investigator.
  3. 2019Production process for Indian borage tea bags based on traditional medicine, and evaluation of the product. Provincial project; principal investigator.
  4. 2019Botany, chemical composition and antioxidant activity of bitter leaf. Institutional project; principal investigator.
  5. 2018Nasal nitric oxide measurement in the diagnosis of allergic rhinitis. Provincial project; principal investigator.
  6. 2018Chemical composition of Da Lat passion fruit compared with wild passionflower (Passiflora foetida). Principal investigator.

Honours and awards

  1. 2026Provincial Emulation Fighter, Lam Dong (decision of 1 June 2026); Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Education and Training
  2. 2025Certificate of Merit, Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations
  3. 2024Second-class Labour Order (Presidential Decision 119/QĐ-CTN, 2 February 2024)
  4. 2022One of 54 outstanding vocational educators honoured by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs; C Prize and Encouragement Prize, “Initiatives for the Community”, Communist Review
  5. 2021Prime Minister’s Certificate of Merit (Decision 1700/QĐ-TTg, 11 October 2021); two Certificates of Merit from the Chair of Binh Duong Provincial People’s Committee
  6. 2019Provincial Emulation Fighter, Lam Dong; Medal for the Cause of Science and Technology
  7. 2018Certificates of Merit from the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour
  8. 2017Meritorious Physician title (Presidential Decision 367/QĐ-CTN, 24 February 2017)

In the media

  1. 2026Tháo điểm nghẽn thể chế và chuẩn hóa năng lực nhân lực y tế, Báo Sức khỏe & Đời sống, 5 November 2026 · Article by the expert (in Vietnamese)
  2. 2026Đãi ngộ chưa tương xứng, nhân lực y tế khó bám trụ ở tuyến cơ sở, Báo Công Luận, 1 November 2026 · Expert opinion (in Vietnamese)
  3. 2026Giải pháp bảo vệ sức khỏe và nâng cao hiệu quả trực đêm cho y bác sĩ, Báo Sức khỏe & Đời sống, 1 September 2026 · Article by the expert (in Vietnamese)

Books

  1. 2018Hen và dị ứng ở trẻ em (chương sách) (Asthma and allergy in children, book chapter), Springer
  2. 2021Bách khoa thư về Y học giấc ngủ (Encyclopedia of sleep medicine, contributor), tham gia biên soạn
  3. 2023Chương sách về sinh lý hô hấp trong giấc ngủ (Book chapter on respiratory physiology during sleep), Đại học Y khoa Stanford

Applied products

  1. SleepCare-VSSM. A mobile app that helps users assess and improve their sleep, developed by the Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine, with medical content under the responsibility of Professor Duong Quy Sy and colleagues. It includes sleep Q&A, sleep medicine lectures, assessment questionnaires, self-assessment of sleep disorder risk, AI-based snoring detection and a bedroom environment check. Results do not replace a doctor’s diagnosis. Google Play ↗

Professional and international roles

International

  • Professor of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine (United States), since 2016
  • President, ASEAN Sleep Federation, 2019–2021
  • Editor-in-chief, Journal of Functional Ventilation and Pulmonology, and an international journal of medical and surgical vascular disease
  • Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, since September 2024
  • Member, World Sleep Society, since 2018

In Vietnam

  • President, Vietnam Society of Sleep Medicine, since January 2020
  • Member, National Council for Education and Human Resource Development (appointed by the Prime Minister), and Deputy Head of its Vocational Education Subcommittee, since May 2022
  • Vice-President, Vietnam Respiratory Society
  • Executive Committee Member, Vietnam General Association of Medicine, 2021–2026
  • Scientific adviser, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, since June 2018

Profile supplied by the expert, last checked 6 November 2026.