​ABOUT THE CENTRE

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Sleep Centre is dedicated to establishing the best clinical and academic programmes in sleep medicine and sleep science. It aims to achieve optimal outcomes for patients with sleep disorders through integrated quality patient care, clinical education and research.

ADVANCEMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION

Towards its goal, the Centre brings together clinicians and researchers to educate, advance collaborative research, set new standards of clinical practice and impact healthcare policy at its six clinical sites:

• Singapore General Hospital
• Changi General Hospital
• Sengkang General Hospital
• KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
• National Dental Centre Singapore
• National Neuroscience Institute

EDUCATION

The Centre works to further the development of sleep medicine in Singapore at different levels: 

1. General public
   Regular public outreach and sleep symposia to improve public awareness of various sleep disorders
   

2. Other medical professionals
   Regular GP forums and sleep medicine courses to educate healthcare professionals on the impact of sleep disorders and the need for a high index of suspicion in looking out for comorbid sleep conditions
   

3. Specialist training
   Sleep fellowship training programmes

Our Services

The Centre offers evaluation and treatment of all sleep disorders in adults and children including:

• Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea

• Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

• Central apnoea

• Cheyne-Stokes breathing

• Complex sleep apnoea

• Overlap syndrome
  

• Insomnia

• Circadian rhythm sleep disorders

• Jet lag

• Advanced and delayed sleep phase syndromes

• Shift work related sleep disorders

• Parasomnias
  

• Narcolepsy
  

• Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder

• Periodic limb movements and restless leg syndrome

For GP referrals, please contact the SingHealth Duke-NUS Sleep Centre:

Singapore General Hospital: 6326 6060
Changi General Hospital: 6788 3003
Sengkang General Hospital: 6930 6000
KK Women's and Children's Hospital: 6692 2984
National Dental Centre Singapore: 6324 8798
National Neuroscience Institute: 6330 6363

Website: www.singhealth.com.sg/sleepcentre 

Our Executive Committee

Head & Service Chief
1. Clin Asst Prof Leow Leong Chai
Director, Sleep Centre;
Senior Consultant,
Dept of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, SGH

Deputy Head
2. Clin Assoc Prof Teoh Oon Hoe
Deputy Head,
Dept of Paediatrics;
Senior Consultant,
Respiratory Medicine Service, KKH

Director of Education
3. Clin Assoc Prof Ong Thun How
Senior Consultant,
Dept of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, SGH

Director of Epidemiology & Public Health
4. Clin Asst Prof Mok Yingjuan
Co-Director, Sleep Lab;
Deputy Director & Senior Consultant,
Sleep Medicine, Surgery & Science;
Senior Consultant,
Dept of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, CGH

Director of Clinical Services
5. Clin Assoc Prof Mimi Yow
Senior Consultant,
Dept of Orthodontics, NDCS;
Visiting Consultant,
Respiratory Medicine Service, KKH

Director of Research
6. Assoc Prof Joshua James Gooley
Principal Investigator,
Laboratory of Chronobiology & Sleep,
Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School