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 Beth Israel-Needham, where he continues as associate director.
A core developer of the concept of sleep stability, with an embodiment in the SleepImage system, Thomas’ research interests also include brain health in sleep disorders, hypersomnia, and chronic fatigue/ME-CFS/long COVID, sleep apnea, and application of artificial intelligence approach to translational care. His research is funded by foundations, including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, Philanthropy, the NIH, and industry for clinical trials.
