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M Brett Cooper, M.D.

M Brett Cooper, M.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Pediatrics

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  • Biography

    Dr. M. Brett Cooper is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern and an Adolescent Medicine physician at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.  He joined the faculty at UT Southwestern in 2018. Dr. Cooper completed medical education at the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University.   He completed pediatrics residency at the University of Toledo and adolescent medicine fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.

    His clinical interests include LGBTQ health, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and male health.  His academic interests include curriculum development on LGBTQ health and trainee education.  Dr. Cooper has presented nationally and regionally on topics such as HIV PrEP and LGBTQ Health and was an author on the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Position Paper on HIV PrEP.  He is currently one of the co-chairs of the LGBT Special Interest Group for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. 

  • Education
    Medical School
    Wright State University (2011)
    Residency
    University of Toledo/Toledo Children's Hospital (2015), Pediatrics
    Fellowship
    Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital (2018), Adolescent Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • LGBT Health
    • Medical Education
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Incorporating LGBT Health in an Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Through the Construct of Social Determinants of Health.
    Cooper MB, Chacko M, Christner J MedEdPORTAL 2018 Dec 14 10781
    HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Medication for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.
    J Adolesc Health 2018 Oct 63 4 513-516
  • Books

    Featured 

    Scrotal Masses. In Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23rd Edition, Kline MW, Blaney SM, Giardino AP, Oange JS, Penny DJ, Schutze GE, Shekerdemian LS, eds.

    Cooper MB, Chacko MR (2018). New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Education

  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • American Board of Pediatrics
    • American Medical Association
    • Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
    • Texas Medical Association