Robert Cooper

Robert L. Cooper, MD

Specialties
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Languages Spoken:
  • English

Robert L. Cooper, M.D., is board certified and fellowship trained in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Dr. Cooper completed his fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation medicine at Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Prior, he completed his residency in rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He also earned a graduate degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and an undergraduate degree at Hamilton College in New York.

He is a member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Pediatric Care

Specialties

  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

More About Me

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - General
  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Education and Training

Medical Education
UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ
6/1/1998

Internship
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
United States of America
6/30/1999

Residency
The University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
United States of America
7/1/2003

Fellowship
Columbus Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
United States of America
7/1/2005

Leadership and Memberships
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • 2016-2017: Chair International Affairs Committee, Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Awards and Honors
  • 2021: Best Presentation, The Motion Lab Normative Data Collection, MultiCare Institute of Research and Innovation
  • 2016: Transformative Practice Grant from the AACPDM, Externship at the James R Gage Center for Gait and Motion Analysis at Gillette Children’s Hospital
  • 2010: AACPDM Clinical and Research Travel (CART) Fellowship in Spasticity and Movement Disorders- Training in Ultrasound Guided Botulinum Injection Technique at National Institute of Heath and University of Michigan
Academic Lectures and Presentations
  • Presentation, MultiCare Institute of Research and Innovation, The Motion Lab Normative Data Collection (10/2021)
  • Presentation, AACPDM, Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Spasticity Management ( 2015)
  • Presentation, China Partners Network, Aging with Spinal Cord Injury, (06/2013)
  • Presentation, China Partners Network, Pharmacology of Cerebral Palsy and Workup of Cerebral Palsy (12/2012)
  • Presentation, Atlanta Children's Hospital, Evaluation and Treatment of Drooling (11/2011)
  • Presentation, China Partners Network, Etiology and Co-morbidities in Cerebral Palsy (10/2011)

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