Robert Cooper, M.D., FACE

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston

Chief of Medicine, Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA

Biography:

In addition to his position as the chief of medicine for Holyoke Medical Center, Dr. Robert Cooper is the director of the center's Endocrine Center for Excellence and director of the Ultrasound Thyroid Biopsy/Fine Needle Aspiration Clinic.

He received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1992 and completed his residency at Long Island Jewish Hospital. Dr. Cooper completed fellowships in endocrinology at Long Island Jewish Hospital in 1997 and Winthrop University Hospital in 1998.

He has served on a number of committees, including those for quality assurance, practice care assessment and radiation safety. He was lecturer and preceptor for The Endocrine Society's Thyroid Ultrasound Certification Course.