Seoul Sleep Center — Asia's Hub for Sleep Medicine

Research partner

Sleep research applied to LG air-conditioner comfort modes

Applied Research

Research that reaches beyond the clinic.

In 2008, our team worked with LG Electronics on a sleep-comfort feature that tunes room temperature to the body's natural changes during REM sleep — clinical insight turned into a feature used at home.

Applied research · 2008

Leadership

A career that traces the history of sleep medicine in Korea.

Dr. Han Jin-Kyu · Founder & Director · Neurologist

2003 First Korean physician to complete a sleep-medicine fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, one of America's top hospitals
2004 First neurologist in Korea to earn U.S. sleep-medicine board certification
2004 First in Korea to perform esophageal-manometry polysomnography
2005 First in Korea — CPAP titration, BiPAP titration, pediatric CO2-monitored polysomnography, iron therapy for restless legs syndrome, and a CBT program
2006 Opened Korea's first five-star-hotel sleep center (Seoul Shilla Hotel)
2007 Opened Korea's first standalone Gangnam sleep-center building — today's Seoul Sleep Center
2008 First in Asia named a top-rated CPAP sleep center
2009 First in Korea to provide simultaneous neurology, ENT & psychology care
2010 10,000 polysomnography studies — reached in record time, by a single physician
2015 First in Asia to perform intraoral-device optimal-zone (Matrix) testing
2016 20,000 polysomnography studies — in record time
2024 30,000 polysomnography studies — in record time

Internationally Recognized

The World's Best
Smart Hospitals

Cleveland Clinic — ranked No. 1, 2025 (Newsweek & Statista)

Korea's first sleep physician — Dr. Han Jin-Kyu

2002 First Korean neurologist — sleep fellow at Cleveland Clinic, one of America's top hospitals
2005 Founded an integrated sleep center — neurology, ENT, psychiatry, dentistry & psychology

Covered by National Insurance

When a sleep study is essential.

1 Hypertension
2 Diabetes
3 Heart disease — heart attack, arrhythmia, valve disease
4 Cerebrovascular disease — stroke, hemorrhage, arterial stenosis
5 And others — neurodegenerative disease, cancer, systemic immune conditions

A sleep disorder is a whole-body disorder — not simply an ENT problem. Whether a study is right for you is confirmed with your physician.

Research partner

Human clinical study · Korea's first MFDS-recognized sleep-support ingredient

Sleep Research

A natural sleep compound, backed by research.

With the Korea Food Research Institute, our center took part in the human clinical study of Ecklonia cava — a compound shown to activate GABA-type receptors associated with sleep, recognized within Korea's health-functional-food framework.

A research finding, not a treatment claim. Individual results may vary.