Jeffrey S. Cooper, MD, FAAEM
Jeffrey S. Cooper, MD, is a professor of Emergency Medicine on the faculty of the emergency medicine residency program at UNMC. He spends half of his time in the Emergency Department clinically working with students and residents. His other responsibility is as the medical director for hyperbaric medicine. Our hyperbaric unit provides the only 24/7 emergency and critical care hyperbaric capability for the region. Dr. Cooper has considerable clinical experience with carbon monoxide poisoning and has published papers and spoken on the topic at national and international conferences.
He serves as the editor in chief for Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine for StatPearls, a comprehensive and constantly updated medical database for physicians and other clinicians. Its library is utilized for continuing medical education, test reviews and medical schools worldwide.
Past experiences include tactical and disaster medicine having served as a medical officer with the U.S. Navy, a disaster medical assistance team, and several SWAT teams. He has served on disaster planning and training committees and as an educator at the local, county and state levels.
- Bachelor's: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Math and Biology, 1982
- MD: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 1987
- Internship: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Pediatric Internship, 1988
- Naval Undersea Medical Institute and Undersea Medical Officer, 1992
- Residency: Emergency Medicine, St. Vincent and The Toledo Hospital, 1996
- Endoscopic Bubble Trouble: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Cerebral Gas Embolism During Upper Endoscopy, July 2017, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
- Carbon monoxide poisoning can act as a stress test to reveal underlying coronary artery disease: case report, March 2020, Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine.
- Hyperbaric oxygen-associated seizure leading to stroke, December 2017, Diving Hyperbaric Medicine.