Meet the Surgeon

Dr Cooper commenced training in General Surgery in 1986 and in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 1989. He subsequently undertook training at Cork University Hospital in Ireland, the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and the Davies Medical Centre in San Francisco.

Dr Cooper completed his training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Sydney in 1996, at the Prince of Wales and Sydney Children's Hospitals.

Dr Cooper has had extensive training in all aspects of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery including time spent with a number of prominent cosmetic surgeons in London, Pittsburgh, Dallas, New York, San Francisco and Sydney.

He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in England in 1994, and the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1996. Dr Cooper has been in private practice since 1997 and is a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons and a corresponding member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

He is the former Head of Department and currently Supervisor of Postgraduate Training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, and is a Senior Lecturer with The University of Western Australia Medical School. He operates at the Mount Hospital, Perth, St John of God Hospital, Geraldton, and Bethesda Hospital, Claremont.

Volunteer Work
Dr Cooper performs volunteer surgical missions with Interplast Australia, and The John Fawcett Foundation in Bali. These organizations are funded by federal government grants, Rotary clubs and private donations.

Interplast sends surgical teams to various countries in the Asia Pacific region. These teams comprise a nurse and anaesthetist, and two plastic surgeons. The missions last for two weeks. During this time patients with deformities are assessed and operated on by the team. The deformities include birth defects such as cleft lip and palate, as well as acquired defects such as burn injuries.

The John Fawcett Foundation has been established for many years in Bali, Indonesia. The Foundation's charter is more diverse, and includes public health measures such as clean drinking water, TB eradication programs, ophthalmology programs and plastic surgery programs.

These missions are designed to help educate local health care professionals as well as helping individual patients. Their financial well being relies heavily on private donations which are tax deductible. Donations can be arranged through our office.

Dr. Cooper has been visiting Bali, under the auspicious of the John Fawcett Foundation on a bi-annual basis for the last 8 years. He has established a cleft lip and palate program with the emphasis on teaching the local surgeons and nurses in the management of these complex deformities.