Arthur Cooper
Arthur Cooper, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P., F.C.C.M., F.A.H.A.
Doctor Cooper was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949. He obtained his baccalaureate at Harvard College and his doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He was trained in general surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and in pediatric surgery and surgical critical care at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and remains certified by the American Board of Surgery in all three specialties. He has also obtained advanced training in disaster medicine, in which he is certified by the American Board of Disaster Medicine – of which he is a founding member – as well as in bioethics and medical humanities at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He is currently Professor of Surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons – from which he also holds a master’s degree in human nutrition – and serves as Director of Pediatric Surgical Services and the Regional Trauma Center, as well as Medical Director of the Injury Prevention Program, Co-Director of the Child Protection Team, and Chair of the Ethics Committee at the Harlem Hospital Center. He is a member of numerous professional and academic societies, by which he has been frequently honored for his work in the fields of pediatric trauma, emergency medical care, critical care, and disaster medical care and education. He has coedited eight books and resources, authored or coauthored more than two hundred scientific articles, textbook chapters, and policy statements, serves on a variety of national and regional expert and advisory committees, both public and private, and is a recognized authority in the fields of pediatric surgical nutrition, critical care, trauma, and emergency medical services for children – particularly prehospital emergency care, trauma systems development, and disaster management and emergency preparedness – as well as physical child abuse, the surgical care of children with human immunodeficiency virus infection, and clinical bioethics.