Christopher B. Cooper, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Exercise Physiology Laboratory
Medical Director, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Program

Address:
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
37-131 Center for Health Sciences
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1690

Phone:
Specialty Consultation: 310-825-9711
General Internal Medicine: 310-206-6232
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary: 310-206-7858
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: 310-825-8061
FAX: 310-794-6553
Exercise Physiology Laboratory: 310-794-9721
Emergency: 310-825-6301 (UCLA page operator)
Prescription Refills: 310-206-0863
Email:

ccooper@mednet.ucla.edu

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Education and Training:

Education:
B.Sc., University of London, England
M.B., B.S., University of London, England
M.D., University of London/St. Thomas’ Hospital, England
M.D., Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, PA

Postdoctoral Training:
Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Trent Regional Health Authority, England
Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease, St. Thomas’ Hospital, England
Resident Assistant Physician, Internal Medicine, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England
Residency, Internal Medicine, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England
Internship, Internal Medicine, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, England


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Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests:

  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • pulmonary rehabilitation
  • neuromuscular diseases which affect the respiratory system
  • oxygen therapy
  • exercise testing and interpretation

Research Interests:

  • exercise physiology and fitness
  • respiratory physiology and pathophysiology
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • pulmonary rehabilitation

Additional Information

  • Critical Care Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, UK 1987
  • Pulmonary Disease, Royal College of Physicians, UK 1987
  • Inernal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, UK 1980

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Representative Publications:

Cooper CB. Methods of rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. MD Thesis, University of London, 1990.

Cooper CB, Storer TW. Exercise testing and interpretation. A practical approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 2001. ISBN: 0521648424.

Cooper CB. Determining the role of exercise in chronic pulmonary diseases. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1995; 27: 147-157.

Riley MS, Wasserman K, Fu P, Cooper CB. Muscle substrate utilization determined from alveolar gas exchange in trained cyclists. Eur J Appl Physiol 1996; 72: 341-348.

Casaburi R, Burns MR, Porszasz J, Carithers ER, Chang RSY, Cooper CB. Physiologic benefits of exercise training in rehabilitation of severe COPD patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1997; 155: 1541-1551.

Markovitz GH, Cooper CB. Exercise in interstitial lung disease. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 1998; 4: 272-280.

Cooper, CB. Exercise in chronic pulmonary disease: Limitations and Rehabilitation. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001; 33(7 Suppl): S643-646.

Markovitz GH, Storer TW, Sayre JW, Cooper CB. On matters of confidence in the determination of oxygen uptake kinetics. Brit J Sports Med 2004; 38: 553-560.

Casaburi R, Kakafka D, Cooper CB, Witek TJ, Kesten S. Improvement in exercise tolerance with the combination of tiotropium and pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD. Chest 2005; 127: 809-817.

Cooper CB, Tashkin DP. Recent developments in inhaled therapy in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMJ 2005; 330: 640-644.

Cooper CB, Zagaria AE. New advances in COPD management. Long-acting anticholinergic agent for maintenance therapy. Pulmonary Reviews 2005; January: 4-9.

Cooper CB. Assessment of pulmonary function in COPD. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2005; 26(2): 246-252.

Cooper CB. The connection between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease symptoms and hyperinflation and its impact on exercise and function. Am J Med 2006; 119(10A): S21-S31.

Cooper CB, Storer TW. Pulmonary disease. In: ACSM Resource Manual for Exercise testing and Prescription, 6th Ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 2008.

Cooper CB, Dransfield M. The COPD Patient in Primary Care—Part 4: Understanding the Clinical Manifestations of a Progressive Disease. Am J Med (in press).

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