Cooper is a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner, expert in Aviation Physiology, and a Special Consultant to the Federal Air Surgeon. He also serves on the Board of the Fetal Therapy Foundation & Think Tank.ĭr. In addition to his 3M responsibilities, he serves in multiple capacities at the University of Minnesota as a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine, various roles with the Design for Medical Device and innovation programs, and the Pediatric Device Breakthrough Collaborative. Cooper's research has included pioneering methods of immunosuppression for primate cardiac xenograft transplantation. Kennedy School of Government, and Comprehensive Medical Simulation, both at Harvard University.ĭr. He has also studied Health Policy at the John F. In addition to Residencies and Chief Residencies in General Surgery (New York University Medical Center, The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics) and Thoracic Surgery (Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center), he also completed a Medical Staff Fellowship in the Surgery Branch of the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation at The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, UK.

He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College (BA, Mathematics & Biology), New York University School of Medicine (MD), and Watson Graduate School of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University (MBA).

He is a Diplomat of the American Boards of Thoracic Surgery and Surgery, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and of the Civil Aviation Medical Association (FCAMA), and an Associate Fellow of the Aerospace Medicine Association.

He has previously served as Medical Information Director at 3M's Health Information Systems. Cooper serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Medical Solutions Division & Director, Global Safety for the Health Care Business Group.

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