Principal Investigator
Board certified in neurology and in Sleep Medicine through the American Boards of Sleep Medicine and of Psychiatry and Neurology, Thomas Perkins, MD, PhD has a subspecialty in sleep medicine. Dr. Perkins joined Raleigh Neurology in 1997, where he developed and now directs the Sleep Medicine Program, which has the distinction of being nationally accredited since 2002. He is actively involved in the clinical research of sleep disorders and epilepsy and enjoys opportunities to lecture on sleep-related topics, as well as publishing his research. He received his BS in biology in 1985 from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, his MD from the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM), and earned a PhD in neurobiology at NEOUCOM, in conjunction with Kent State University, studying the electrophysiologic and pharmacologic mechanisms of learning and memory. Dr. Perkins also completed an internship at Akron City Hospital.
