Carisa M. Cooney, M.P.H.

Carisa M. Cooney is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also serves as the department’s Director of Education Innovation and the Director of the Clinical Research Core. She is a member of the Plastic Surgery Residency Redesign Faculty Team which in 2013 was awarded a two-year grant to improve residency training, efficiency, and evaluation and business practice modules with an eye toward decreasing the time necessary to complete training. Thus far, this grant has led to three additional grants: two Maryland Innovation Initiative grants (2015 & 2016) and a National Science Foundation SBIR grant (2021).

Ms. Cooney is involved in clinical research and clinical trials across the department, advancing clinical research in the areas of burn care, breast reconstruction, reconstructive transplantation, general plastic surgery, and workforce diversity. She also conducts research in graduate medical education and is interested in better educating students, resident physicians, fellows, and attending physicians on the business of healthcare, for which she founded and directed The Stanley A. Klatsky, MD, Business of Healthcare Endowed Lectureship (2015-2023). Ms. Cooney is a key member of Hopkins’ human reconstructive transplantation studies (hand/arm transplantation, face transplantation, penis transplantation, and uterus transplantation) and has been and is a co-investigator on multiple, multi-center DOD-funded reconstructive transplantation projects. As of January 2023, she mentored over 45 research trainees and fellows in clinical and educational research and published more than 85 peer-reviewed scientific articles. She enjoys presenting locally, nationally, and internationally on her research as well as on topics related to clinical research best practices, grant & manuscript writing, and faculty wellness.