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
- Obstructive sleep apnea - causation
- Periodic limb movement disorder – clinical patterns
- Sleep structure – timing, duration and patterns
- Clinical evaluation of patients with sleep complaints
- 1974
FellowshipPulmonary Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- 1972
FellowshipCardiology, Tripler Army Medical Center
- 1971
ResidencyInternal Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, United States Army
- 1970
ResidencyUniversity of Oklahoma Medical Center; Internal Medicine
- 1968
Doctorate of MedicineUniversity of Oklahoma
- 1965
BSUniversity of Oklahoma
Certifications
- 2001
Sleep MedicineAmerican Board of Sleep Medicine
- 1974
Pulmonary DiseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 1972
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2011
Top Doc (Sleep Medicine)Phoenix Magazine
- 1979
Army Commendation MedalU.S. Army Medical Corps
Professional memberships
- 2030
MemberAmerican Thoracic Society
- 2030
MemberArizona Medical Association
- 2030
MemberMaricopa County Medical Association
- 2004
Elected FellowAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine
- 1994 - 1995
PresidentHospital Medical Staff, St. Luke's Medical Center
- 1992 - 1993
Vice PresidentHospital Medical Staff, St. Luke's Medical Center
- 1982 - 1996
ChairmanPulmonary Disease Department, St. Luke's Medical Center
- 1980 - 1996
Executive CommitteeSt. Luke's Medical Center
- 1979
Elected FellowAmerican College of Physicians
- 1976
Elected FellowAmerican College of Chest Physician
Publications