Clinical Associate Professor Michael Cooper  OAM is a gynaecologist in private practice in Sydney affiliated with Sydney University. He is currently a Visiting Medical Officer and Head of Gynaecology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He graduated from Sydney University in 1984 and received his Fellowship qualification in 1995. He spent extensive time training in endoscopic surgery in Europe, the United Kingdom and America. He initiated one of the early endoscopic training centres for gynaecologists in Australia and is regularly involved in workshops to train other doctors and students. He was previously a Board Member of the Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society and a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy. He has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation on research and training in gynaecological endoscopic surgery. He received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2018 for services to gynaecology.

A/Prof Cooper has been the author of over 50 articles and book chapters published both in Australia and internationally and has spoken widely within Australia and overseas. He has been an invited surgeon to many hospitals in Australia and Asia and currently operates in Hong Kong on an occasional basis. He recently performed demonstration endometriosis surgery and spoke at the Focus in O & G meeting at Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.

His major interest is in the treatment of endometriosis particularly requiring advanced surgical and/or assisted conception techniques (IVF). He has recently started using the Da Vinci robot for many of these cases.

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