Background
Cooper, Joel David was born on January 2, 1939.
Cooper, Joel David was born on January 2, 1939.
AB, Harvard College, 1960. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard College, 1964.
Intern Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1964—1965, resident, 1965—1968, chief resident. Chief division cardio-thoracic surgical School Medicine Washington University, St. Louis, 1997—2005. Professor surgery, chief thoracic surgery division University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 2005.
Member of Institute Medicine, Transplantation Society, Society University Surgeons, Society Thoracic Surgeons, Royal College Surgeons of England, International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, European Society Thoracic Surgeons, American Society Transplant Surgeons, American College Chest Physicians, American College Surgeons, American Association Thoracic Surgery, Society Cardiothoracic Surgeons, International Society Heart Transplantation.