Christopher Cooper , MPAS, PA-C
Instructor
Department: Pediatrics, Physician Assistant Studies
Office: Physician Assistant Studies
Phone: 817-735-5420
Email: chcooper@hsc.unt.edu

Biographical Sketch | Education | Specialty | Teaching | Memberships | Awards and Honors | Research Interests

Biographical Sketch
PA Cooper wanted to be in medicine ever since his sixth grade science teacher, Mrs. Corkery, required him to write a paper on the human digestive tract. He attended the High School for the Health Professions in Dallas, Texas, and later studied basic arts and sciences in the Dallas County Community College system. PA Cooper has practiced Family Medicine/ Urgent Care in rural West Texas and in the U.S. Air Force. He joined the UNT faculty in 2005.

Education
Master of Physician Assistant Studies with a specialization in Family Medicine, The University of Nebraska Medical Center at Omaha; January 2000

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Science and a certificate in Physician Assistant Studies, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; August 1989.

Certificate of Basic Formation – The Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, Texas. Studies in Ethics, Morality, Spirituality, Church History and Theology.

STEP Program – The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Studies in Ethics, Morality, Theology, and Sacred Scripture.

Specialty
Pediatrics

Teaching
Course director and group leader: Physical Diagnosis.

Course director and lecturer: Medical Interviewing

Course director and group leader: Supervised Practice 1

Co-Course director: Integrated Clinical Medicine Pediatrics block.

Group leader: Medical Ethics

Lecturer and lab instructor: Physical Examination Skills.

Lecturer: Basic Human Sciences: Neurology

Lecturer: Integrated Clinical Medicine: ENT, Neurology, and Endocrinology.

Lecturer: Radiology

Preceptor: Rural and Underserved populations rotation, 1996-2005.

Memberships
1989-present: Fellow, American Academy of Physician Assistants.

1995-present: Fellow, Texas Academy of Physician Assistants.

Awards and Honors
Outstanding Preceptor Award, The University of N. Texas Health Science Center at Ft Worth, 2000.

Outstanding Preceptor Award, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1999.

Menard County Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year, 1998.

Menard EMS Citizen of the Year, 1996

Elected to Alpha Eta Society, 1989

Research Interests
Pediatric Obesity

The ethics of Embryonic/Adult Stem Cell Research and human cloning

Human spirituality particularly as it impacts the patient-provider relationship