Dr. Robert Joseph Thomas is trained in Medicine, Neurology, and Rheumatology, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine, and Behavioral Sleep Medicine. He is a Professor of Medicine, at Harvard Medical School, through the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. He was the founding director of the ACGME-accredited sleep medicine training program at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the founding director of the AASM-accredited sleep center at the Beth Israel-Needham and continues as associate director. His research interests span brain health in sleep disorders (imaging, cognition), hypersomnia and chronic fatigue/ME-CFS/Long-Covid, signal science (core developer of the concept of sleep stability, with an embodiment in the SleepImage system), and application of artificial intelligence approach to translational care. He has a specific interest and expertise in central sleep apnea, with new automated diagnostics, device development, and patented innovations, resulting in novel forms of therapy for complex apnea syndromes. His research is funded by Foundations including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, Philanthropy, the NIH, and industry for clinical trials.

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