Reginald R. Cooper, MD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

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Education

• Medical School - West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia. September, 1951 - May, 1953
  Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. September, 1953 - May, 1955
  Internship, State University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
  July, 1955 - July, 1956 Rotating internship.
• Residency - University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa: July, l956 - July, 1957 General Surgery
  University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa: July, 1957 - July, 1960. Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Fellowships - NIH Special Fellowship: Orthopaedic Research Laboratory and Anatomy Department, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD September, 1964 - September, 1965
  Electron Microscopy: Immobilization Atropy and Regeneration of Skeletal Muscle in Cats Ultrastructure of Compact Bone in Dogs

Honors and Awards

• American Orthopaedic Association Exchange Fellowship to England and Scotland - 7 weeks - 1969
• Kappa Delta Award for the Outstanding Basic Research in Orthopaedics for 1970-71
• President, Orthopaedic Research Society, 1974
• Board of Directors, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1973-1974
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Who's Who in America - 1979
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees, National Easter Seals Research Foundation -1979-1981
• Secretary, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - 1982-1985
• President, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1987-88

Professional Societies

• American Medical Association, April, 1963
• Diplomat of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, January, 1964
• Fellow of American College of Surgeons, October, 1965
• Fellow of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, January, 1966
• Orthopaedic Research society, January, 1966
• American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1966
• Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, July, 1968
• Canadian Orthopaedic Association, 1971
• Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society, 1971
• American Orthopaedic Association, 1972
• Association of Academic Orthopaedics, 1973
• 20th Century Orthopaedic Association, 1982
• American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, 1985
• Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie - 1986
• Association of Children's Prosthetic Orthotic Clinics, 1991
• Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (Honorary), 1995
• Society for Circumpolar Health, 1996

Research Activities

• Biochemistry and molecular biology of muscle cells
• Light and electron microscopic studies of denervation atrophy in skeletal muscles
• Light and electron microscopic studies of secondary centers of ossification in normal and disease states
• Studies on ultrastructure of normal epiphyseal plates
• Studies on ultrastructural changes in biopsies of various human musculoskeletal disorders

Recent Publications/Reviews

• Buckwalter, J.A., Schumacher, R., Albright, J.P. and Cooper, R.R.: Use of an Educational Taxonomy for Evaluation of Cognitive Performance. Jour. Med. Ed., 56, 115-121, February, 1981.
• Shurr, Don G., Cooper, Reginald R., Buckwalter, J.A., and Blair, W.F.: Terminal Transverse Congenital Limb Deficiency of the Forearm.
• Bassett, G.S., Weinstein, S.L., and Cooper, Reginald R.: Long Term Follow up of Fascia Lata Transfer for the Paralytic Hip in Myelodysplasia. Jour. Bone and Joint Surg., 64A:360-365, March, 1982.