Dr. Dan M. Cooper, Pediatric Pulmonology
Dan Cooper, MD
is on staff at
CHOC Hospital Orange
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Dan M. Cooper, M.D. is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology. He completed medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, and Pediatric Residency at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. He went on to his postdoctoral Fellowship Training in Pediatric Pulmonology at Babies Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. Dr. Cooper is a Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering and Associate Dean for Clinical Translational Sciences at the UCI School of Medicine. He serves as the Director of the UCI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science and the Pediatric Exercise Research Center.
Dr. Cooper’s research is focused on how exercise and physical activity can be used to benefit children with chronic conditions like asthma, cystic fibrosis, obesity, heart disease, and metabolic syndromes like diabetes.
Locations
UC Irvine Medical Center
101 The City Drive, Bldg 25 2nd Fl
Orange, CA 92868
CHOC Clinic
1201 W. La Veta Ave. Building: CHOC Clinic
Orange, California 92868
phone: 888-770-2462
fax: 855-246-2329
CHOC Center for Children’s Health
Building: Joe C. Wen & Family Center for Advanced Care, UCI Health – Irvine
19200 Jamboree Rd., Suite 2000
Irvine, CA 92612
Education
- Medical School
University of California, San Francisco, CA - Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship
Babies Hospital, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY - Pediatrics Residency
NYU/Bellevue, New York, NY
- Aerodigestive problems
- Asthma
- Chronic cough
- Chronic lung disease in Infancy (CLD) or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Congenital lung abnormalities
- Asthma
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Immunology disorders
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Pediatric rare lung disease and interstitial lung disease
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD)
- Pulmonary complication of other medical problems
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Recurrent pneumonia
- Sleep disorders
- Tracheostomy and home ventilator dependence
- Upper airway abnormalities
Dan Cooper, MD in the News
Healthcare
NIH grant to partially fund Rady Children’s new Clinical Research Coordinator internship program
Training the next generation of talented pediatric research coordinators is an essential part of CHOC Research’s mission to support top-quality research that improves children’s lives…
CHOC Pediatrica 
COVID-19
Landmark study of COVID-19 infection among K-12 students debunks early fears about transmission at schools
A CHOC and UC Irvine-led study of SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among the K-12 population concludes that within-school transmission is limited.
Healthcare
CHOC awarded $2.3-million grant to study how toxic stress and unpredictability in the early environment affects neurodevelopment
CHOC, in partnership with UC Irvine & Chapman University, received a grant to screen patients for adverse childhood experiences.
COVID-19
Seminal study of COVID-19 infections at Orange County schools nears completion
The doctors believe the study could shed light on such critical issues as the role that kids play in the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Healthcare
CHOC Researchers to Present at Upcoming Conference
CHOC will be well represented at a prestigious upcoming pediatrics conference, with two research projects set to be presented. At the 2015 Pediatric Academic Societies…
Pulmonology
UC Irvine Names Acting Pediatric Chair
Noted pediatric pulmonologist Dan M. Cooper, M.D., is acting chair of the University of California, Irvine, Department of Pediatrics.