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Hong Seung Bong
Neurology · Epilepsy & Sleep Center · View full profile
Clinical expertise
- Epilepsy and seizure disorders: Epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, Kymero robotic surgery, seizure disorders, and magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- Sleep disorders: Insomnia, snoring, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, excessive daytime sleepiness, abnormal behaviors during sleep, and restless legs syndrome
Education
- M.D., Seoul National University College of Medicine
- M.S. in Medicine, Seoul National University
- Ph.D. in Medicine, Seoul National University
Current appointments and professional activities
- Director, Epilepsy Support Center
- Professor, Department of Neurology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
- Director, Epilepsy and Sleep Center, Samsung Medical Center
- Honorary President, Korean Epilepsy Society
Previous appointments and professional activities
- Chair, Board of Directors, Korean Neurological Association
- President, Asian Society of Sleep Medicine
- President, Korean Epilepsy Society
- President, Korean Academy of Sleep Medicine
- President, Korean Society of Sleep Research
- Chair, Pan-Medical Research Group for Suicide Prevention
- Full-Time Committee Member, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA)
- Member, Relative Value Scale Research Group, Korean Medical Association
- Asia Representative, Governing Council, World Sleep Society
- Asia-Oceania Regional Representative and Treasurer, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
- Organizing Committee Chair, Asian Sleep Research Society Congress, 2018
- Organizing Committee Chair, World Sleep Congress, 2015
Training and certification
- Fellowship in Epilepsy and Sleep Disorders, Cleveland Clinic, USA
- Fellowship in Epilepsy, Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA
- Board Certified in Clinical Neurophysiology, USA
Honors and awards
- 2018 Distinguished Service Award, Korean Academy of Sleep Medicine
- 2015 Distinguished Service Award, Korean Academy of Sleep Medicine
- 2015 Special Recognition Award, World Sleep Society
- 2013 Selected as an Epilepsy Specialist on EBS Best Doctors
- 2013 Recognition Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare
- 2012 Certificate of Appreciation, Ministry of Health and Welfare
- 2012 ResMed Academic Award
- 2012 Myung-In Academic Award
- 2011 JW Academic Award
- 2008 Highest Impact Factor Publication Award, Samsung Medical Center
- 2008 Selected as an Epilepsy Specialist on EBS Best Doctors
- 2006 Academic Award, Korean Epilepsy Society
- 2005 Ministerial Commendation for Excellence in Research, Ministry of Health and Welfare
- 2005 Siemens Academic Award
- 2005 Best Paper Award, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI)
- 2004 Bumsuk Academic Award
- 2002 Academic Award, Korean Epilepsy Society
- 2001 Best Paper Award, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI)
- 2000 Research Paper Award, Samsung Medical Center
- 1999 Hamchoon Medical Award, Seoul National University College of Medicine Alumni Association