FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Jan. 11, 2016
Contact:  Sheanna Spence, Assistant Director, Alumni Relations & Community Relations, School of Medicine, 304-691-1639

 Experienced thoracic surgeon joins School of Medicine, Marshall Health

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Mark H. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., a board-certified, fellowship-trained thoracic surgeon, has joined the faculty of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine as an assistant professor. He will also be a part of Marshall Surgery, a department of Marshall Health, and Cabell Huntington Hospital.

Cooper specializes in surgery of the heart, lungs, esophagus and other chest organs, as well as robotic services. He comes to Huntington with 27 years of experience in general and cardiothoracic surgery, having practiced in England and most recently in eastern Tennessee.

Cooper earned his medical degree from the University of Leeds in England. He completed a residency in general surgery at Texas A&M University in Temple, Texas, and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. He also completed a fellowship in transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Dr. Thomas Starzl. Cooper is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Cooper is accepting new patients at Marshall Surgery, located at the Marshall University Medical Center at 1600 Medical Center Dr., in Huntington. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 304-691-1200.

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Date Posted: Monday, January 11, 2016