ABOUT DR. DAVID HOPPER
Dr. David Hopper, Ph.D., FAABM, FAAPH, FIABMCP, FABMP, FAAS, has over 35 years of clinical practice and 50 years work experience in the medical sciences. He earned doctorates in neuroscience, psychophysiology, and psychology. Though retired from practice, he continues to serve as a forensic expert consultant and expert consultant for disability, immigration, and pharmacogenetics. Dr. Hopper also maintains a part-time practice in holistic and naturopathic medicine. He has held board certifications in addiction, advanced cardiac life support, behavioral medicine, biofeedback, brain injury, disability, EEG neurofeedback, EMT, forensics, hypnotherapy, medical psychotherapy, neurotherapy, pain management, psychology, psychopathology, reiki, and somnology. His philosophy has always been a wellness oriented holistic approach to health utilizing a wide variety of treatment methods including traditional, holistic, and naturopathic therapies.
Dr. Hopper has taught for over 40 years and has served as an adjunct professor at various colleges and universities. He is also a licensed secondary education teacher and is board qualified in all sciences. Dr. Hopper helped establish the first high school EMT training program in Southern Nevada at the Academy of Medical and Allied Health Sciences located at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. He helped model the Medical Academy after the four year medical school training of physicians and taught clinical anatomy and physiology, and pathophysiology in addition to EMT training.
He has received numerous awards, including Top Doctor awards, Who's Who In Medicine, Who's Who for the Millennium, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in the American West, Who's Who Among Distinguished Leaders, and CFIDS Physician Honor Roll. Dr. Hopper has been awarded Fellows by the American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists, International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy, and the American Academy of Somnology.
Dr. Hopper has been recognized for development of many innovative diagnostic and treatment techniques including neurosensory feedback coma stimulation, neurocognitive EEG rehabilitation, multi-modal electrophysiological dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality) assessment and treatment, Brain Fitness®, neurocognitive rehabilitation, and Self-Help Through Hypnosis® (acclaimed as the "best" on the market by numerous hypnosis organizations). He also co-founded and served as clinical director of the first traumatic brain injury unit, sleep center, and pain center in Southern Nevada.
Dr. Hopper is a member of numerous scientific organizations and is a member of Mensa and the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE). He has written numerous articles and has appeared on radio and television as well as featured in magazines, books, and newspapers nationwide. Dr. Hopper previously served as an expert witness for many nationally recognized court cases and established precedence in many such cases. He was the first to have DNA evidence for addiction accepted in court (Louisiana & Nevada), evoked potential evidence for multiple personalities (Arizona) and several other firsts. He was involved in the famous Terri Shiavo Right To Life case in Florida and, his affidavits served as the basis for the Right To Life Bill that was passed into law by the federal government. He has actively worked on the development of a software version of his Brain Fitness™ program for brain rehabilitation as well as work on several books and medical journal publications. His most recent work is on time dilation in the mind as a function of quantum consciousness.
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