David Stephen Cooper, M.D.

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  • Director, Thyroid Clinic
  • Professor of Medicine
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Expertise

Diagnostic Radiology, Hyperthyroidism, Thyroid and Parathyroid, Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Eye Disease, Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy, Thyroid Masses, Thyroid Nodules, Thyroid Tumors ...read more

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Outside of Maryland & Washington D.C.

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

Appointment Phone: 410-955-9270
1800 Orleans St.
Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-4926
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Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

Appointment Phone: 410-955-9270
10803 Falls Road
Pavilion III, Suite 2500
Lutherville, MD 21093
Phone: 410-502-4926 | Fax: 410-367-2042
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Background

David S. Cooper, MD, MACP is a graduate of the Tufts University School of Medicine and completed his endocrinology training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is currently Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is one of the editors of the iconic textbook on thyroid disease, Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid, and he co-edits two other textbooks: Medical Management of Thyroid Disease and Thyroid Cancer. He is also the co-author of a book for patients with thyroid disease entitled Your Thyroid: A Home Reference. He is the past Chair of the Subspecialty Board for Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is an Editor-in-Chief for Endocrinology at Up-to-Date, and he has served as the Chair of the Endocrine Society’s annual Board Review Course. Dr. Cooper was the Chair of the American Thyroid Association’s (ATA) 2006 and 2009 task forces that first drafted clinical practice guidelines for the management of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. He also served on ATA sponsored task forces that promulgated guidelines for the management of hypothyroidism and for the management of hyperthyroidism. He is the past Treasurer and past President of the ATA, and the recipient of the ATA’s Distinguished Service Award, its Paul Starr Award, and the Lewis Braverman Lectureship Award. He is also the recipient of the Distinction in Endocrinology Award given by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, as well as the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Scholarly Physician Laureate Award and the Outstanding Educator Laureate Award.

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Titles

  • Director, Thyroid Clinic
  • Professor of Medicine

Departments / Divisions

Centers & Institutes

Education

Degrees

  • MD; Tufts University School of Medicine (1973)

Residencies

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital (1976)

Fellowships

  • Massachusetts General Hospital (1978)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism) (1979)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (1976)

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • Samuel P. Asper Award for Excellence in the Practice of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, Maryland Chapter, 2006
  • Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007
  • Selected by Baltimore Magazine as one of the best doctors in Baltimore, 2008
  • Recipient of the Distinction in Clinical Endocrinology Award, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, 2009
  • Paul Starr Award, American Thyroid Association, 2011
  • Outstanding Scholarly Physician, The Endocrine Society, 2016
  • Best Doctors in America, 2007-2021
  • Best Doctors in Baltimore, Baltimore Magazine, 2021
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