Dr. Hope is a board-certified sleep medicine physician who serves as medical director of the East Alabama Sleep Health Center and is an associate professor at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Auburn campus. He is active member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and currently serves as the chair of the Sleep Technologist and Respiratory Therapist Education Committee and is a Gold Standard Panelist for the Adult Inter-scorer Reliability Program. He previously chaired the Sleep Technologist Shortage Presidential Committee. His career in sleep medicine started as a sleep technologist, earning his RPSGT credential in 2003.