Richard Cooper

Dr. Cooper’s primary professional interest relates to advancing airway management devices and techniques as well as enhancing clinical documentation. In this regard, he was actively involved in the development of a video laryngoscope (GlideScope) and two commercial airway exchange catheters (Cook Airway Exchange Catheter and CardioMed EndoTracheal Ventilation Catheter, ETVC®). He was a founding member of the Society for Airway Management (SAM) and served as its president from 2012-2014. Dr. Cooper also served as chair of the program committee and on the organizing committee of for SAM 2012 and the World Airway Management Meeting 2015 respectively. He is currently the director of the Anesthesia Advanced Airway Management Fellowship at Toronto General Hospital. He was co-editor of The Difficult Airway—An Atlas for Clinical Management (Springer, 2013)and has also been actively involved in the development of the Canadian Airway Focus Group Guidelines (1998 and 2013) in addition to consulting for the development of the ASA and Difficult Airway Society airway management guidelines. Dr. Cooper had published numerous book chapters, original articles, and editorials and has been an invited speaker throughout North, South and Central America, Europe, Asia and Australia. He has most recently been a refresher course lecturer at the International Anesthesia Research Society and the ASA Annual Scientific Meetings (2015).

Dr. Cooper’s personal interests include long-distance running (25 completed marathons) and stone carving. He is currently making his first violin and has recently resumed playing violin after a 45-year recess. 

Research Synopsis

Dr. Cooper's  publication (Cooper RM, Pacey JA, Bishop MJ, McCluskey SA: Early clinical experience with a new videolaryngoscope (GlideScope). Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2005; 52: 191-198) was named a landmark paper by the editors of CJA. Its clinical impact was the subject of an invited publication by Crosby E: From the Journal archives: Early clinical experience with a new video laryngoscope. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie 2014; 61: 1-4. 

Recent Publications

1. Sainsbury JE, Cooper RM. Unexpected Failed Direct Laryngoscopy. In: Rosenblatt WH, Popescu WM, editors. Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2015. p. 16-7.
2. Parotto M, Cooper RM. Tracheal extubation and reintubation of the critically ill - challenges coming and going. Critical Care. 2015;19(1):151.
3. Cooper RM. Extubation of the Difficult Airway Patient. In: Rosenblatt WH, Popescu WM, editors. Master Techniques in Upper and Lower Airway Management. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2015. p. 204-5.
4. Cooper RM. Strengths and Limitations of Airway Techniques. Anesthesiol Clin. 2015;33(2):241-55.
5. Russell T, Cooper RM. Anesthesia for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. In: Abdelmalak B, Doyle DJ, editors. Anesthesia for Otolaryngologic Surgery. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press; 2013. p. 163-74.
6. Law JA, Broemling N, Cooper RM, Drolet P, Duggan LV, Griesdale DE, et al. The difficult airway with recommendations for management - Part 2 - The anticipated difficult airway. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie. 2013;60(11):1119-38.
7. Law JA, Broemling N, Cooper RM, Drolet P, Duggan LV, Griesdale DE, et al. The difficult airway with recommendations for management - Part 1 - Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie. 2013;60(11):1089-118.
8. Ellard L, Cooper RM. Extubation of the Difficult Airway. In: Glick DB, Cooper RM, Ovassapian A, editors. The Difficult Airway: : An Atlas of Tools and Techniques for Clinical Management. New York NY: Springer-Verlag; 2013.
9. Cooper RM, Lee C. Role of Rigid Video Laryngoscopy. In: Glick D, Cooper R, Ovassapian A, editors. The Difficult Airway: An Atlas of Tools and Techniques for Clinical Management. New York NY: Springer; 2013. p. 77-111.
10. Cooper RM. Icteric Vocal Cords Recorded during Video Laryngoscopy. Anesthesiology. 2013;119(6):1469.

Appointments

University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Site
Director, Anesthesia Advanced Airway Management Fellowship
Immediate Past-President, Society for Airway Management

Honours and Awards

Name: Golden GlideScope Award
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2012 - WCA, Bueno Aires, for contributions to advancing video laryngoscopy 

Name: Society for Airway Management Research Award
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2014 - Does video laryngoscopy feedback, with and without recording, accelerate skill acquisition for medical students learning direct laryngoscopy?
2010 - Comparison of the forces required for direct and video laryngoscopy (GlideScope)—A manikin study
2009 - Development of an Airway Education Online Logbook and Survey of Academic Departments throughout US and Canada (PI: Tracey Straker, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Name: Distinguished Service Award
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1993 - Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Name: Excellence in Teaching Award
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1987-1988 - Toronto General Hospital

Courses

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Course Name: Director, Anesthesia Advanced Airway Management Fellowship 2009-present
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Course Name: Over 250 invited international lectures
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Course Name: Over 100 airway management workshops
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Course Name: Over 100 ACLS Courses