Dr. Christopher Brian Cooper MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
200 Medical Plaza #214,365,530,420,120 Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Christopher Cooper practices Pulmonology in Los Angeles, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Cooper manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
University College London, University Of London, School Of Medicine 1976
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ventilatory and gas exchange responses during heavy constant work-rate exercise.
- Using a collaborative weaning plan to decrease duration of mechanical ventilation and length of stay in the intensive care unit for patients receiving long-term ventilation.
- Ventilatory and cardiovascular responses to exercise in patients with pectus excavatum.
- The role of long-acting bronchodilators in the management of stable COPD.
- Comparison of breathing patterns during exercise in patients with obstructive and restrictive ventilatory abnormalities.
- Discovery and SAR of 2-aminothiazole inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinase 5/p25 as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
- Improvement in exercise tolerance with the combination of tiotropium and pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD.
- Assessment of pulmonary function in COPD.
- Recent experience with open repair of pectus excavatum with minimal cartilage resection.
- The connection between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease symptoms and hyperinflation and its impact on exercise and function.
- Improvement in self-reported exercise participation with the combination of tiotropium and rehabilitative exercise training in COPD patients.
- Primary care of the patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-part 4: understanding the clinical manifestations of a progressive disease.
- COPD as a lung disease with systemic consequences--clinical impact, mechanisms, and potential for early intervention.
- Time course and degree of hyperinflation with metronome-paced tachypnea in COPD
- Airflow obstruction and exercise.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Intensive Care
Fellowships
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Trent Regional Health Authority 1985
- Pulmonary Disease, St. Thomas' Hospital 1980
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