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^○Hiroko Tsuda (Sleep apnea center, General dentistry Kyushu University Hospital, Japan)

Dr. Tsuda received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Kyushu University, Japan, in 2003. She is an alumna of Kyushu Dental College, where she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in 2007. She worked as postdoctoral fellow and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada from 2007 to 2010. Dr. Tsuda has been involved in oral appliance research and the treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea since 2003, and her research is focused on pathogenesis of sleep apnea, treatment outcome, oral appliance side effects, titration modalities, and imaging. She was also a research member of international multicenter database projects ‘ORANGE’ supported by AADSM.
Dr. Tsuda works as research assistant professor for sleep apnea research programs at Kyushu University Hospital. She is also an editorial board member of ‘Sleep and Breathing’ and an international certificant of American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.