Amanda Cooper, MD - Penn State Cancer Institute
Researcher Profile

Amanda Cooper, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Division of Trauma, Acute Care and Critical Care Surgery
Disease Teams:
Cancer Institute, Gastrointestinal Cancer Team
Cancer Institute, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Team
Cancer Institute, Melanoma and Skin Cancer Team
Recent Publications
2025
Moeckel, C, Oxford, M & Cooper, A 2025, 'Exploring the Impact of a Women's Mentorship Program in Surgery: Perspectives and Experiences of Mentees and Mentors', Journal of surgical education, vol. 82, no. 1, 103338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.103338
2024
Casas, RS, Cooper, AB, Westcott, AM, Shen, C & Dewaters, AL 2024, 'Preparing for the Transition to Academic Practice: A Graduate Medical Education Elective', Journal of graduate medical education, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 461-468. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-24-00002.1
Haidet, P, Melro, CM, Fecile, MLE, Jarecke, JLT, Moniz, T & Cooper, AB 2024, 'Shared decision making reimagined', Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 123, 108249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108249
Calatayud, B, Cooper, AB & Noty, C 2024, 'Splenic torsion in a patient with paraplegia: Considerations for evaluation and management', BMJ case reports, vol. 17, no. 12, e263013. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-263013
Anandalwar, SP, O'meara, L, Vesselinov, R, Zhang, A, Baum, JN, Cooper, A, Decker, C, Schroeppel, T, Cai, J, Cullinane, D, Catalano, RD, Bugaev, N, Leclair, M, Feather, C, Mcbride, K, Sams, V, Leung, PS, Olafson, S, Callahan, DS, Posluszny, J, Moradian, S, Estroff, J, Hochman, B, Coleman, N, Goldenberg-Sandau, A, Nahmias, J, Rosenbaum, K, Pasley, J, Boll, L, Hustad, L, Reynolds, J, Truitt, M & Ghneim, M 2024, 'Warfarin, not direct oral anticoagulants or antiplatelet therapy, is associated with increased bleeding risk in emergency general surgery patients: Implications in this new era of novel anticoagulants: An EAST multicenter study', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 225-232. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000004278
2023
O'Meara, L, Zhang, A, Baum, JN, Cooper, A, Decker, C, Schroeppel, T, Cai, J, Cullinane, DC, Catalano, RD, Bugaev, N, LeClair, MJ, Feather, C, McBride, K, Sams, V, Leung, PS, Olafson, S, Callahan, DS, Posluszny, J, Moradian, S, Estroff, J, Hochman, B, Coleman, NL, Goldenberg-Sandau, A, Nahmias, J, Rosenbaum, K, Pasley, JD, Boll, L, Hustad, L, Reynolds, J, Truitt, M, Vesselinov, R & Ghneim, M 2023, 'Anticoagulation in emergency general surgery: Who bleeds more? The EAST multicenter trials ACES study', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 510-515. https://doi.org/10.1097/TA.0000000000004042
Volpe, R, Aprile, J, Cooper, A, Dalke, K, Myers, K, Haidet, P, Adams, N & Hausman, BL 2023, 'Reforming a Health Humanities curriculum: Incorporating social justice into medical education', Studi di Sociologia, pp. 65-82. https://doi.org/10.26350/000309_000176
Haidet, P, Cooper, AB, Fecile, MLE, Melro, CM, Moniz, T & Jarecke, JLT 2024, 'The Empathy Conundrum', Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 119, 108056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.108056
2022
Torres, MB, Schaefer, EW, Jikaria, N, Ortenzi, G & Cooper, AB 2022, 'Does the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) accurately predict mortality for patients with elevated MELD scores?', American Journal of Surgery, vol. 224, no. 1, pp. 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.01.012
2021
Khatun, R, Saleh, Z, Adnan, S, Boukerche, F & Cooper, A 2021, 'Covered, but Not Sterile: Reflections on Being a Hijabi in Medicine and Surgery', Annals of surgery, vol. 273, no. 3, pp. E83-E84. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000004655
Khatun, R, Otaibi, BW, Ssentongo, A, Hazelton, JP & Cooper, AB 2022, 'Medical Student Attitudes Toward Blood Donation in Times of Increased Need', American Surgeon, vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 2338-2344. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348211011083
Lewcun, JA, Khatun, R, Allen, S, Hazelton, JP & Cooper, A 2021, 'Patient Outcomes in Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis Treated With Empiric Antibiotics', American Surgeon, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 658-663. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003134820954850
Baker, S, Gleason, F, Lovasik, B, Sandhu, G, Cortez, A, Hildreth, A, Cooper, A, Simmons, J, Delman, KA & Lindeman, B 2021, 'Relationship between burnout and mistreatment: Who plays a role?', American Journal of Surgery, vol. 222, no. 6, pp. 1060-1065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.06.009