Member Since 2017
The mission of the ASSM is to promote all aspects in sleep medicine and research in Asia. These
aspects shall include but not limited to advancing the knowledge, promoting education and training,
developing translational research of sleep, sleep health, and sleep disorders. By establishing
international exchanges and knowledge transfer among physicians, psychologists, nurses,
technologists, basic scientists, and other medical professionals in the sleep field, the field of sleep
medicine can advance for all Asian populations.
To accomplish its goal, the ASSM will seek to promote the development of sleep medicine and
knowledge transfer through scientific congresses and will encourage collaborative projects among
academic institutions and other sleep societies. The ASSM will also seek to publish its activities and the
research results through appropriate channels and communications including newsletters and journals.
Activities and Accomplishments
Launched ASSM’s official journal, Sleep Medicine Research https://www.sleepmedres.org/
Published major educational practice guidelines and frameworks:
- Asian Accreditation Guidelines for Physicians and Technologists https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389945721001404
- Asian adult sleep medicine fellowship training curriculum: one curriculum, many contexts https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.11484
- The Full Fellowship Curriculum: https://osf.io/2yubj/overview
- Mapping the landscape of sleep medicine training across Asia https://worldsleepsociety.org/affiliate-societies/list/asian-society-of-sleep-medicine/
Conferences Organized:
- The 1st ASSM Congress (March 2016, Taipei, Taiwan)
- The 2nd ASSM Congress (March 2018, Seoul, Korea)
- The 3rd ASSM Congress (December 2024, Bangkok, Thailand)
- The 4th ASSM Congress (September 2025, Singapore)
- Held the 1st regional ASSM conference (August 2017, Xian, China)
- Interim meetings in Japan and Vietnam