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Robert G Hooper M D

Specialty Groups

Sleep Medicine

Location

Phoenix Arizona

Languages

English

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Biographical summary

Dr. Robert G Hooper limits his practice to individuals with disorders of sleep. His experience with sleep disorders began while serving in the US Army and directing the Pulmonary Laboratory at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the 1970s where he began sleep testing. After military service, he entered practice in Phoenix Arizona. Trained in pulmonary diseases, his practice included Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He opened a sleep center at Phoenix St. Luke's Medical Center in 1980 and has actively directed a sleep center for 32 of the past 38 years. For the past several years, he has limited his patient care to disorders of sleep. Upon closing his private sleep practice, he joined the staff at Mayo Clinic to continue his professional work. His published medical reports and writings from early in his career cover many areas of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Sleep Disorders have been the focus of his writings more recently. In 2002 he published a book "Sleep and Its Disorders, What You Should Know" for patients with sleep disorders. Dr. Hooper sees patients with complaints of: Sleep related choking, snoring or apnea Sleep related movements Excessive daytime sleepiness Difficulty going to sleep and staying asleep

Conditions treated

Periodic limb movement disorderREM sleep behavior disorderSleep apnea

Interests

Obstructive sleep apnea - causationPeriodic limb movement disorder – clinical patternsSleep structure – timing, duration and patternsClinical evaluation of patients with sleep complaints

Mayo Clinic locations

Phoenix Arizona

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Education

1974FellowshipPulmonary Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center1972FellowshipCardiology, Tripler Army Medical Center1971ResidencyInternal Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, United States Army1970ResidencyUniversity of Oklahoma Medical Center; Internal Medicine1968Doctorate of MedicineUniversity of Oklahoma1965BSUniversity of OklahomaShow more education

Activities and honors

Certifications

2001Sleep MedicineAmerican Board of Sleep Medicine1974Pulmonary DiseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine1972Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineShow more certifications

Awards and honors

2011Top Doc (Sleep Medicine)Phoenix Magazine1979Army Commendation MedalU.S. Army Medical Corps

Professional memberships

2030MemberAmerican Thoracic Society2030MemberArizona Medical Association2030MemberMaricopa County Medical Association2004Elected FellowAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine1994 - 1995PresidentHospital Medical Staff, St. Luke's Medical Center1992 - 1993Vice PresidentHospital Medical Staff, St. Luke's Medical Center1982 - 1996ChairmanPulmonary Disease Department, St. Luke's Medical Center1980 - 1996Executive CommitteeSt. Luke's Medical Center1979Elected FellowAmerican College of Physicians1976Elected FellowAmerican College of Chest PhysicianShow more professional memberships

Publications

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