M. Brett Cooper, MD
Adolescent Medicine Specialist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
M. Brett Cooper, M.D., M.Ed., is an adolescent medicine provider at Children's Health℠ and an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in adolescent and young adult medicine (ages 11–25), including puberty consultations, LGBTQ health, menstrual management, anxiety and depression treatment, sexually transmitted infection (STI) care, reproductive health care, and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Dr. Cooper earned his medical degree at Wright State University and completed a residency in general pediatrics at the University of Toledo. He received advanced training in adolescent medicine through a fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. He also holds a Master of Education degree in curriculum and instruction for health care professionals from the University of Houston.
Dr. Cooper is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both general pediatrics and adolescent medicine.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Wright State University School of Medicine (2011)
- Residency
- University of Toledo (2015), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- Baylor College of Medicine Houston (2018), Adolescent Medicine
- Post-graduate School
- University of Houston at Victoria (2019)
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Adolescent Medicine
Conditions
- Acne
- Anxiety disorders
- Breast pathology
- Chlamydia
- Depression
- Dysmenorrhea (severe menstrual cramps)
- Endometriosis
- Fallopian tube cysts (paratubal)
- Gonorrhea
- Gynecomastia
- Hirsutism
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Human papillomavirus (HPV)
- Labial hypertrophy
- Menstrual issues
- Mood disorders
- Ovarian cysts and tumors
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Pelvic pain
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)
- Puberty problems
- Sexually transmitted infections (STI)
- Substance sbuse
- Syphilis
- Trichomoniasis
- Vulvovaginitis
- Yeast infection
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- LBGTQ health
- Medical Education
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Publications
- HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Medication for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Position Paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2018 Oct 63 4 513-516
- Incorporating LGBT Health in an Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum Through the Construct of Social Determinants of Health. Cooper MB, Chacko M, Christner J MedEdPORTAL 2018 Dec 14 10781
- Scrotal Masses. In Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23rd Edition, Kline MW, Blaney SM, Giardino AP, Oange JS, Penny DJ, Schutze GE, Shekerdemian LS, eds. Cooper MB, Chacko MR (2018). New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Education
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Medical Association
- Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
- Texas Medical Association
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Doctor 2022
