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Dr Rob Cooper

Consultant Cardiologist

Contact Details

Debbie Evans

0151 600 1391

Debbie.evans@lhch.nhs.uk
About Dr Rob Cooper

Consultant Cardiologist with specialist interest in cardiomyopathy, sports cardiology and cardiac MRI.
 

Area of Practice       

Cardiomyopathy
 

Sports Cardiology

Cardiac MRI


Special Clinical Interests
  • Management of patients with all types of Cardiomyopathies.
  • Management of athletes with cardiac conditions
  • Cardiac screening of athletes
  • Assessment and treatment of patients with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM).
  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
     
Research Interests
  • Treatment of Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy;
    • Novel medication solutions including access to randomised controlled trials at LHCH
    • Alcohol Septal Ablation (ASA), surgical myectomy and direct radiofrequency ablation.
  • Differentiation of the athlete’s heart from Cardiomyopathy.
    • Current post as Professor of Sports Science and Cardiology at Liverpool John Moores Univeristy
  • Exercise in hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
  • Genetic basis of cardiac disease

Publications:

Ninety peer reviewed publications with >1000 citations. Updated list kept at the following address:

Robert COOPER | Consultant Cardiologist | MBChB MRCP PhD | Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool | Department of Cardiology | Research profile (researchgate.net)


Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies  
  • Association for Inherited Cardiac Conditions
  • European Cardiovascular Imaging Society
  • British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • British Society for Cardiovascular Imaging
  • British Society of Echocardiography
  • British Cardiac Society
  • Royal College of Physicians

Expert panel member for Sports Cardiology:

  • Football Association
  • Lawn Tennis Association
  • GB Taekwondo
  • GB sailing
  • GB Netball
     
Languages Spoken   

English
 

Why choose LHCH?             

LHCH provides excellent, first class care for patients with inherited cardiovascular conditions and athletes with cardiac conditions. This is achieved in a friendly environment with the patient firmly at the centre of every model.

 
Training and Education

I graduated from the University of Liverpool with Honours in 2005, during my undergraduate years I spent time training in the Netherlands. I completed postgraduate training in Medicine and Cardiology in the Mersey Deanery during the period 2005-2017. In this time I completed a PhD in the management of patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

I undertook additional training in inherited cardiac conditions and Cardiac MRI during a fellowship at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and have spent time in Inherited Cardiac Conditions services in Oxford and Copenhagen.

I deliver training in cardiomyopathy and sports cardiology for senior medical trainees and consultant colleagues along with many other non medical professions.


About you

I am married with 2 sons. Most of my hobbies now include fairly boring exercise but I was once half decent at tennis and football.