Faculty Profile
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William A. Cooper, MD
– Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, Marietta, GA
Telephone: 404.686.2513
E-mail: wcooper@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2001
Dr. Cooper is the Medical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at Wellstar-Kennestone Hospital. He was instrumental to the establishment of the service at the hospital as well as initiating a rotation there for Emory cardiothoracic surgery residents. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army Reserve, he served in Al-Asad, Iraq, from 2003-2004, and at Eisenhower Army Medical Center from 2007-2008.
Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital Midtown
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Emory University Hospital
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Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
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Grady Memorial Hospital
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Atlanta VA Medical Center
Medical School
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University of Missouri, Class of 1992
Postgraduate Training
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General Surgery Residency, Emory University School of Medicine, 1992-1995, 1997-1999
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Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory, 1996-1997
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Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Emory, 1999-2001
Current Organizational Memberships
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons
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Atlanta Technical College
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Leadership Atlanta, Class of 2006
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Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
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100 Black Men of Atlanta
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American Heart Association of Greater Metro Atlanta
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Atlanta Medical Association
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Georgia State Medical Association
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National Medical Association, Surgical Section
Clinical and Research Interests
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Aortic surgery
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Valve surgery with radio frequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
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Coronary artery bypass surgery
