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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2005 |
Contact: Jennifer Reising at jreising@reisingcommunications.com |
David Cooper, MD, Named President-Elect of the American Thyroid Association
(FALLS CHURCH, VA)—David S. Cooper, MD, of Baltimore, is the 2005–2006 president-elect of the American Thyroid Association (ATA), the leading professional society of physicians and researchers who specialize in diseases of the thyroid gland. He was elected on Nov. 2, 2005, at the ATA Membership Meeting during the 13th International Thyroid Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and will serve a one-year term, at which time he will become ATA president.
“I’m honored to have been selected as ATA’s president-elect,” said Dr. Cooper, “My vision for the ATA is that it be the world’s preeminent voice for thyroidology and clinical thyroidologists.”
Dr. Cooper is the Director of the Division of Endocrinology at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and is Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
He serves as an Editor-In-Chief for Endocrinology for Up-to-Date, as a Contributing Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and as the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He also serves on the ABIM Subspecialty Board for Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes.
A member of the ATA for 25 years, Dr. Cooper is the immediate past treasurer of the ATA, has served on the ATA Council, and has chaired the Public Health, Publications, and Clinical Affairs Committees. He is also chair of the ATA task force that recently developed new evidence-based guidelines for the management of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. He is the recipient of the ATA’s 2005 Distinguished Service Award.
A graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Cooper completed his internal medicine residency at Barnes Hospital/Washington University and his fellowship training in endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The American Thyroid Association, www.thyroid.org, is the North American professional society for physicians and researchers specializing in diseases of the thyroid gland. The ATA promotes excellence and innovation in clinical care, research, education, and public advocacy.
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