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  3. Joseph J. Cooper

Joseph J. Cooper MD FANPA

Joseph J. Cooper
Designation
  • Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program
  • Director, Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry Fellowship
  • Vice Chair for Education, Department of Psychiatry
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
  • University of Illinois Chicago
Gender Pronouns
  • he/him
  • cooperj [at] uic.edu
  • Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI)
    912 S. Wood St.
    Department of Psychiatry (MC 913)
    Chicago IL 60612
Website Assistant
  • Virginia Quiroz
  • (312) 996-4981
  • vqui2 [at] uic.edu

Dr. Cooper completed undergraduate studies in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, medical school and residency in Psychiatry at the University of Chicago, fellowship in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry at Northwestern University, and Fellowship in Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching and Scholarship (MERITS) at the University of Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. From 2018-2024 he served as the Director of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry and in 2024 assumed the role of Director of the Psychiatry Residency Training Program. 

He also serves as the Co-Chair of the NNCI, an educational collaboration focused on transforming psychiatric education by integrating modern neuroscience and principles of adult learning in order to eliminate stigma and decrease health disparities. 

Dr. Cooper's clinical interests include disorders at the interface of psychiatry and neurology and the use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat neuropsychiatric disorders.

  • psychiatry

    Neuropsychiatry, electroconvulsive therapy, catatonia, psychiatric education, neuroscience education.

  • Peer Reviewed Publications:

    1. Cooper JJ, Ovsiew F. The Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Frontotemporal Dementia. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2013 Sep;26(3):131-7.

    2. Gershon ES, Grennan K, Busnello J, Badner JA, Ovsiew F, Memon S, Alliey-Rodriguez N, Cooper J, Romanos B, Liu C. A rare mutation of CACNA1C in a patient with bipolar disorder, and decreased gene expression associated with a bipolar-associated common SNP of CACNA1C in brain. Mol Psychiatry. 2014 Aug;19(8):890-4.

    3. Benjamin S, Travis MJ, Cooper JJ, Dickey CC, Reardon CL. Neuropsychiatry and neuroscience education of psychiatry trainees: attitudes and barriers. Acad Psychiatry. 2014 Apr;38(2):135-40.

    4. Cooper JJ. Recurrent Right Upper Quadrant Pain Responsive Only to Electroconvulsive Therapy. J ECT. 2016 Sep;32(3):e21-2.

    5. Coffey MJ, Cooper JJ. Electroconvulsive Therapy in Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. J ECT. 2016 Dec;32(4):225-229.

    6. Cooper JJ, Grant J. Refractory OCD Due to Thalamic Infarct With Response to Dronabinol. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017 Winter;29(1):77-78.

    7. Llesuy JR, Coffey MJ, Jacobson KC, Cooper JJ. Suspected Delirium Predicts the Thoroughness of Catatonia Evaluation. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2017 Spring;29(2):148-154.

    8. Kinasz KR, Ross DA, Cooper JJ. Eat to Live or Live to Eat? The Neurobiology of Appetite Regulation. Biol Psychiatry. 2017 May 1;81(9):e73-e75.

    9. Cooper JJ, Roig Llesuy J. Catatonia Education: Needs Assessment and Brief Online Intervention. Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Jun;41(3):360-363.

    10. Medina M, Cooper JJ. Refractory Catatonia Due to N-methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Responsive to Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Clinical Use of the Clock Drawing Test. J ECT. 2017 Jun 28.

    11. Llesuy JR, Medina M, Jacobson KC, Cooper JJ. Catatonia Under-Diagnosis in the General Hospital. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Spring;30(2):145-151.

    12. Ward HB, Fromson JA, Cooper JJ, De Oliveira G, Almeida M. Recommendations for the use of ECT in pregnancy: literature review and proposed clinical protocol. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2018 Dec;21(6):715-722.

    13. Cooper JJ, Wachtel A, Redleaf M. Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Presence of an Auditory Osseointegrated Implant. J ECT. 2018 Aug 7.

    14. Boeke A, Pullen B, Coppes L, Medina M, Cooper JJ. Catatonia Associated With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A Report of 2 Cases and a Review of the Literature. Psychosomatics. 2018 Jun 27.

    15. Medina M, Cooper JJ. Utility of the Clock Drawing Test in the Assessment of Catatonia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Nov 8.

    16. Sarkis RA, Coffey MJ, Cooper JJ, Hassan I, Lennox B. Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: A Review of Psychiatric Phenotypes and Management Considerations: A Report of the American Neuropsychiatric Association Committee on Research. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2018 Dec 18.

    17. Madva EN, Ross DA, Cooper JJ. What’s All the Hysteria About? A Modern Perspective on Functional Neurological Disorders. Biol Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 15;85(2):e3-e4.

    18. Cooper JJ, Korb AS, Akil M. Bringing neuroscience to the bedside. FOCUS, A Journal of the American Psychiatric Association. 2019 Jan 7;17(1):2-7.

    19. Coffey MJ, Cooper JJ. Therapeutic uses of seizures in neuropsychiatry. FOCUS, A Journal of the American Psychiatric Association. 2019 Jan 7;17(1):13-7.

    20. Thurin K, Aftab ZN, Cooper JJ. How neuroscience is informing treatments: ethical issues. FOCUS, A Journal of the American Psychiatric Association. 2019 Jan 7;17(1):35-40.

    21. Cooper JJ, Afzal KI. Safety of Electroconvulsive Therapy in 2 Very Young Pediatric Patients With Catatonia Related to Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis. J ECT. 2019 Feb 1.

    22. Moussa T, Afzal K, Cooper J, Rosenberger R, Gerstle K, Wagner-Weiner L. Pediatric anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis with catatonia: treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2019 Feb 18;17(1):8.

    23. Arbuckle MR, Travis MJ, Eisen J, Wang A, Walker AE, Cooper JJ, Neeley L, Zisook S, Cowley DS, Ross DA. Transforming Psychiatry from the Classroom to the Clinic: Lessons from the National Neuroscience Curriculum Initiative. Acad Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;44(1):29-36.

    24. Medina M, Garza DM, Cooper JJ. Physical Examination Skills Among Chief Residents in Psychiatry: Practices, Attitudes, and Self-Perceived Knowledge. Acad Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;44(1):68-72.

    25. Medina M, Lee D, Garza DM, Goldwaser EL, Truong TT, Apraku A, Cosgrove J, Cooper JJ. Neuroimaging Education in Psychiatry Residency Training: Needs Assessment. Acad Psychiatry. 2020 Jun;44(3):311-315.

    26. Eloge JC, Ross DA, Cooper JJ. Afflicted by the Gods: The Shared History and Neurobiology of Psychosis and Epilepsy. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 15;87(12):e35-e36.

    27. Cooper JJ, Ross DA. COVID-19 Catatonia-Would We Even Know? Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Sep 1;88(5):e19-e21.

    28. Lloyd JR, Silverman ER, Kugler JL, Cooper JJ. Electroconvulsive Therapy for Patients with Catatonia: Current Perspectives. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2020 Sep 25;16:2191-2208.

    29. Cooper JJ, Walker AE. Neuroscience Education: Making It Relevant to Psychiatric Training. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2021 Jun;44(2):295-307.

    30. Petry LG, Sharma M, Wolfgang AS, Ross DA, Cooper JJ. Any Questions? A Sober Look at MDMA. Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 1;90(3):e7-e8.

    31. Kumar A, Nemeroff CB, Cooper JJ, Widge A, Rodriguez C, Carpenter L, McDonald WM. Amyloid and Tau in Alzheimer's Disease: Biomarkers or Molecular Targets for Therapy? Are We Shooting the Messenger? Am J Psychiatry. 2021 Nov;178(11):1014-1025.

    32. Ortega P, Butler M, Cooper JJ. Language is brain: Improving neurologic health equity for linguistically diverse populations. J Clin Neurosci. 2022 Jun;100:175-179.

    33. ElSayed MW, Novick AM, Cooper JJ, Ross DA. The Sweet Taste of Progress-The Evolving Role of Electroencephalography in Psychiatry. Biol Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 15;93(8):e21-e23.

    34. Schildkrout B, Niu K, Cooper JJ. Clinical Neuroscience Continuing Education for Psychiatrists. Acad Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;47(3):297-303.

    35. Hua T, Cooper JJ. Challenges to Electroconvulsive Therapy in Pediatric Catatonia: A Case Report. J ECT. 2023 Sep 1;39(3):e6-e8.

    36. Hsu J, Cooper JJ, Ross DA. Not Just Counting Calories: A Neurodevelopmental Approach to Obesity. Biol Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 1;94(5):e15-e17.

    37. Kyzar EJ, Arbuckle MR, Abba-Aji A, Balachandra K, Cooper J, Dela Cruz A, Edens E, Heward B, Jibson M, Jordan A, Moreno-De-Luca D, Pazderka H, Singh M, Weleff JJ, Yau B, Young J, Ross DA. Leveraging neuroscience education to address stigma related to opioid use disorder in the community: a pilot study. Front Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 18;15:1360356.

    38. Huibregtse ME, Cooper JJ, Ross DA. Hieroglyphs and Head Injuries: Sex Differences in Traumatic Brain Injury. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 15;95(12):e25-e27.

    39. Cooper JJ, Valencia VA, Niu K. Neuroimaging education in psychiatric training. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jul 18.

  • Book Chapters:

    1. Cooper JJ, Bonakdarpour B, Ovsiew F. Psychopharmacotherapy in the Neuropsychiatric Patient. In: Agrawal N, Faruqui R, Bodani M, eds. Oxford Textbook of Neuropsychiatry. Oxford University Press; 2020:465-474.

    2. Cooper JJ, Gonçalves Félix AC, Ortega P, Roque D. Neurologic Cases – Casos neurológicos, Chapter in: Spanish and the Medical Interview: Clinical Cases and Exam Review. Ed. P. Ortega and M. Alemán. Elsevier, 2021.

    3. Cooper JJ, Lloyd J, Ordóñez Moreno C, Ortega P. Psychiatric Cases – Casos psiquiátricos, Chapter in: Spanish and the Medical Interview: Clinical Cases and Exam Review. Ed. P. Ortega and M. Alemán. Elsevier, 2021.

    4. Alemán MA, Bermúdez AL, Cabiya MA, Cooper JJ, Ortega P. Genitourinary Cases – Casos genitourinarios, Chapter in: Spanish and the Medical Interview: Clinical Cases and Exam Review. Ed. P. Ortega and M. Alemán. Elsevier, 2021.

    5. Ross DA, Cooper JJ, Arbuckle MR, Walker AE, and Travis MJ (2022). “Preparing for the Future of Precision Psychiatry: The Critical Role of Neuroscience Education” (Ch. 14). In L.M. Williams and L.M. Hack (Eds). Precision Psychiatry: Using Neuroscience Insights to Inform Personally Tailored, Measurement-Based Care. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

  • Published letters to the editor

    1. Cooper JJ, Brakel SJ, Dinwiddie SH. Limiting Legal Intrusions in ECT Practice, a Commentary on "Regulation of Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Systematic Review of US State Laws". J ECT. 2018 Mar;34(1):69.

    2. Schildkrout B, Niu K, Cooper JJ. Letter to the Editor in Response to "Psychiatrists Are From Mars; Neurologists Are From Missouri". J Nerv Ment Dis. 2023 Mar 1;211(3):253-254.