He is the current dean at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, a position he has held since 2022.
[2] He has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications with an h-index of 69 and contributed to 17 book chapters.
He completed a General Practice Residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center (Hillside) in 1984, followed by a fellowship in Oral Biology at Eastman Dental Center in 1985.
[5] Cooper held the position of program director of advanced prosthodontics, chair of the Prosthodontics Department, and Stallings Distinguished Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry.
He also served as the dean for research and head of the Department of Oral Biology at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Dentistry.