Dr. Barnard completed medical school at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his internal medicine residency and pulmonary fellowship at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 1987, Dr. Barnard has been practicing both pulmonary and sleep medicine in the East Valley, where he is the founding and current Medical Director of the Banner Sleep Center Mesa facility. He is the former chairman of the Medicine and Critical Care Committees at Banner Desert Medical Center and served as a member of the Executive Committee. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and sleep medicine. His practice is predominately focused on sleep disorders. Dr. Barnard has been selected as a Phoenix Magazine Top Doc thirteen times in his career!