Medicine influenced me very early on. You might even say prenatally; I was born and raised adjacent to a very old hospital in the Dominican Republic. My childhood was spent playing outside where the groans from the patients were never very far away. I should add that my mother took me to see a “pythoness”... Medicine influenced me very early on. You might even say prenatally; I was born and raised adjacent to a very old hospital in the Dominican Republic. My childhood was spent playing outside where the groans from the patients were never very far away. I should add that my mother took me to see a “pythoness”...
My decision to pursue endocrinology stems from the patients that I have met throughout my lifetime and the stories that they share. My inspiration also comes from mentors throughout my medical training who have shaped me into the person that I am today. During medical school, I chose to volunteer in a remote village in...
Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award David S. Cooper, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine David S. Cooper, MD, professor of medicine and radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is the winner of the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award for 2016. This annual award recognizes outstanding contributions to the practice of clinical...
