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
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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. |
Publications
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 |