Lisa Cooper
Israel Committee Member
Biographical Info
Advanced fellow in Geriatric Medicine; Harvard Medical School (HMS); Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH); Boston; Massachusetts. Dr. Lisa Cooper graduated from the HMS Multi-Campus Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) on July 1; 2020 and is currently in a second year; advanced fellowship program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). She is conducting research projects in the field of surgical oncology and geriatric co-management and frailty. She is also a practicing geriatrician within geriatric co management services across different inpatient specialties. Dr. Cooper has graduated from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Faculty of Health Sciences; in August of 2010. and in December 2018 completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine at the Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikva; Israel. During her residency she developed a service for evaluating and managing older adult cancer patients who were candidates for treatment. She came to the HMS program with the goal of advancing her expertise in geriatric co-management for surgical oncology patients. Her current research projects are investigating frailty trajectories and cognitive assessments in older adults with cancer prior to surgery and evaluating pathways to provide better care for this vulnerable population. She served as the site PI for the GO SAFE study and is currently conducting additional research within thoracic surgery; preoperative care and geriatric co-management services at the BWH.