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Robert J Thomas, MD

Staff Physician
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Contact Information
Office:   KS-0B07
Phone:   617-667-8617
Fax:   617-667-4849
Email:   rthomas1@bidmc.harvard.edu
Address:    330 Brookline Ave; KS-0B07
 Boston, MA 02215
Advanced Degree And Training
Year Institution Area or Rank
1985 Madras Medical College Medical Sciences
1991 East Tennessee State University Internal Medicine
1998 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Sleep Disorders
2003 Harvard Medical School Master of Medical Science
Areas of Interest
3 Neuroscience      
Major Research Theme
Functional neuroimaging of cognitive function in states of excessive sleepiness.
Recognition and management of complex forms of sleep apnea.
Signal analysis to establish sleep state stability and health outcomes at individual and population levels.
Cyclic alternating patterns and implications for health and disease.
Sleep and heart failure (animal and human).
Device development.
Sleep in Alzheimer's disease.
External Recognition
Post-Graduate Course Chair, APSS, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Editorial Board - (journal) Sleep
Co-Editor: Images in Sleep Medicine - (journal) Sleep Medicine
Major Collaborative Activities
Peter Kang, M.D. (Cardiology Physiology Core, BIDMC)

Bruce Fischl, Ph.D., Douglas Greve, Ph.D., Kenneth Kwong, Ph.D. (Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging)

Ary Goldberger, M.D., Joseph Mietus, B.S., Chung-Kang Peng, Ph.D. (Margret & H. A. Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine (ReyLab)

Robert Strecker, Ph.D. (Brockton V.A.)

Daniel Gottlieb, M.D., Ph.D. (Boston V.A.)

Geoffrey Gilmartin, M.D., M.M.Sc (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

Ananth Karumanchi, M.D. (Beth Israel Daeconess Medical Center)

Albert Galaburda, M.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

Sanjeev Kothare, M.D. (Children's Hospital, Boston)
Investigator's Lab Web Site
Research Lab URL     None listed
Harvard Catalyst Site:     Thomas Harvard Catalyst Web Site