Robert Hopkins

Robert S. Hopkins, III, MPH, PhD, is a qualified facilitator for LifeWings and provides CRM-based training to physicians, nurses and other health care professionals throughout the United States. He has 18 years of experience in aviation, aviation training, health care quality and safety, and adult education.

Dr. Hopkins flew combat reconnaissance missions during Operation DESERT STORM and was an Air Force pilot and aircraft commander in 17 different variants of the Boeing EC-135, KC-135, and RC-135. In addition to flying global strategic reconnaissance operations, he developed and taught RC-135 combat tactics. He received both the James H. Doolittle Award for best aerospace instructional program in Strategic Air Command and, along with his crew, the Jerome F. O’Malley Award for the Best Reconnaissance Crew in the U.S. Air Force. After his military service Dr. Hopkins taught history at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and appears in television and radio programs on The History Channel, the BBC, Fox News, CNBC, NPR, and most recently, NRK in Norway.

Dr. Hopkins has been part of the Baylor Health Care System’s (BHCS) Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement, supporting research and operational efforts to make health care delivery safer, more timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered. His efforts contributed to BHCS receiving the 2008 National Quality Healthcare Award from the National Quality Forum.

Dr. Hopkins is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a Master of Public Health degree in health policy and administration focusing on quality and safety. He also has an earned Doctor of Philosophy degree in history from the University of Virginia, a Master of Arts degree in history from Creighton University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Virginia Tech.

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