Dr. Carnell Cooper

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  GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Carnell Cooper of the Violence Intervention Program works with victims of violent crime.
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  Homicide in Baltimore is not a theoretical problem for the family members of victims, nor for Dr. Carnell Cooper, who has spent more than a decade trying to put gunshot victims back together at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. "As a surgeon, it's really frustrating to see someone roll through the door that you look at them and you go, `Gee this guy looks familiar,'" he recounts. "And you realize, `I operated on him six months ago . . . and now he's back here, and he's a gunshot wound to the head, and there is nothing I can do because that gunshot wound is fatal.'"
  
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  Dr. Carnell Cooper has been a trauma surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center for more than 10 years. He is also the founder of the Violence Intervention Program, which helps patients make changes in their lives that will decrease their risks of being the target or perpetrator of violence in future. In this clip from a recent interview, Cooper explains what it is like to tell a homicide victim's family that their child, parent, or sibling has died.
  
  In 1998, Cooper founded the Violence Intervention Program ("GSW," Feature, March 30, 2005), which aims to help Shock Trauma patients get out of a lifestyle where they are likely to become victims of violence. The idea of VIP was to find out what the risk factors were for its clients and how those risk factors could be diminished. But the most important thing in some ways, Cooper says, was just deciding that the socioeconomic ills that were such a big factor in people turning to crime or getting caught up in violence could be diminished at all--that the situation was not hopeless and that Shock Trauma could help fix the problem rather than just patching up the aftermath.
  
  "We're losing a whole generation here," he says.

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  Published on: 11/23/2007    Last Visited: 11/23/2007  

  at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Dr. Carnell Cooper sees the same patients return again and again with gunshot and stab wounds. Witnessing the cycle of violence among at-risk youth in his community first-hand, Dr. Cooper felt he could do more than repair physical wounds. However, after extensively researching the root causes of violence, Dr. Cooper founded the Violence Prevention Program (VPP) to create a support network for at-risk youth and prevent violence at its source.Dr. Cooper has been identified as one of the nation's top 40 heroes and is now in the running to be named "America's Greatest Hometown Hero" in the 6th Annual Volvo for life Awards -- an annual, nationwide search for real-life heroes across America. Beginning today, the American public can visit http://www.volvoforlifeawards.com and vote for Dr. Cooper.This democratic vote will decide the program finalists in Volvo's hero search.Three winning heroes will receive $100,000 for their charities.One extraordinary winner will receive a new Volvo car every three years for life. Dr. Cooper rallied a research team, the juvenile justice and parole systems, the Shock Trauma Center and outreach workers to participate in the VPP to bridge the gap between the situations that lead to violence and medical professionals.The VPP looks to prevent violence and save lives before they reach the operating table.Dr. Cooper and his team have given victims and perpetrators of violent crimes a real alternative to the "cycle of violence."
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  Most importantly, support Dr. Cooper with your vote

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  Also speaking will be Maryland's Attorney General Joe Curran and Dr. Carnell Cooper, a critical care surgeon on the faculty at the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.

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  GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Carnell Cooper of the Violence Intervention Program works with victims of violent crime.
  
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  Dr. Carnell Cooper has been a trauma surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center for more than 10 years.He is also the founder of the Violence Intervention Program, which helps patients make changes in their lives that will decrease their risks of being the target or perpetrator of violence in future.In this clip from a recent interview, Cooper explains what it is like to tell a homicide victim's family that their child, parent, or sibling has died.
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  Homicide in Baltimore is not a theoretical problem for the family members of victims, nor for Dr. Carnell Cooper, who has spent more than a decade trying to put gunshot victims back together at Maryland Shock Trauma Center."As a surgeon, it's really frustrating to see someone roll through the door that you look at them and you go, `Gee this guy looks familiar,'" he recounts."And you realize, `I operated on him six months ago . . . and now he's back here, and he's a gunshot wound to the head, and there is nothing I can do because that gunshot wound is fatal.'"
  
  In 1998, Cooper founded the Violence Intervention Program ("GSW," Feature, March 30, 2005), which aims to help Shock Trauma patients get out of a lifestyle where they are likely to become victims of violence.The idea of VIP was to find out what the risk factors were for its clients and how those risk factors could be diminished.But the most important thing in some ways, Cooper says, was just deciding that the socioeconomic ills that were such a big factor in people turning to crime or getting caught up in violence could be diminished at all--that the situation was not hopeless and that Shock Trauma could help fix the problem rather than just patching up the aftermath.
  
  "We're losing a whole generation here," he says.

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  Published on: 5/2/2007    Last Visited: 5/3/2007  

  Dr. Carnell Cooper, a trauma surgeon at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center here, said some form of gun control was needed to quell the violence.
  
  ,Nationally, we,re up against individual rights versus the health and safety of our citizens,, Dr. Cooper said. ,We need to somehow come to a compromise.,
  
  Dr. Cooper said that locally something had to give.Last year, Baltimore recorded 275 homicides, up from 269 in 2005. ,We can,t just throw our hands up in the air and say we can,t do anything about this problem,, he said.

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  Published on: 7/3/2007    Last Visited: 6/12/2009  

  Dr. Carnell Cooper, a trauma surgeon at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center here, said some form of gun control was needed to quell the violence.
  
  "Nationally, we're up against individual rights versus the health and safety of our citizens," Dr. Cooper said. "We need to somehow come to a compromise."
  
  Dr. Cooper said that locally something had to give. Last year, Baltimore recorded 275 homicides, up from 269 in 2005. "We can't just throw our hands up in the air and say we can't do anything about this problem," he said.

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  GOOD MEDICINE: Dr. Carnell Cooper of the Violence Intervention Program works with victims of violent crime.
  ...
  Homicide in Baltimore is not a theoretical problem for the family members of victims, nor for Dr. Carnell Cooper, who has spent more than a decade trying to put gunshot victims back together at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. "As a surgeon, it's really frustrating to see someone roll through the door that you look at them and you go, `Gee this guy looks familiar,'" he recounts. "And you realize, `I operated on him six months ago . . . and now he's back here, and he's a gunshot wound to the head, and there is nothing I can do because that gunshot wound is fatal.'"
  
  Listen: boomp3.com
  
  Dr. Carnell Cooper has been a trauma surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center for more than 10 years. He is also the founder of the Violence Intervention Program, which helps patients make changes in their lives that will decrease their risks of being the target or perpetrator of violence in future. In this clip from a recent interview, Cooper explains what it is like to tell a homicide victim's family that their child, parent, or sibling has died.
  
  In 1998, Cooper founded the Violence Intervention Program ("GSW," Feature, March 30, 2005), which aims to help Shock Trauma patients get out of a lifestyle where they are likely to become victims of violence. The idea of VIP was to find out what the risk factors were for its clients and how those risk factors could be diminished. But the most important thing in some ways, Cooper says, was just deciding that the socioeconomic ills that were such a big factor in people turning to crime or getting caught up in violence could be diminished at all--that the situation was not hopeless and that Shock Trauma could help fix the problem rather than just patching up the aftermath.
  
  "We're losing a whole generation here," he says.

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  Published on: 7/30/2008    Last Visited: 7/30/2008  

  Carnell Cooper, a trauma surgeon at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, praised the AMA for making what he called a remarkable statement, given its magnitude and influence.He hoped this would lead to more support for increasing the number of African-Americans in medicine - a proportion that is declining in his speciality.
  
  "It's especially important, I think, as we try to work as a society to increase those numbers, it is important that the AMA show this sort of support for such efforts," Cooper said.

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  Published on: 4/10/2007    Last Visited: 4/10/2007  

  Dr. Carnell Cooper, director of trauma services at the hospital, described the mood among hospital employees as mournful.
  
  "The mood is as if a family member has died," Cooper said."It's like taking away their livelihood."

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  Published on: 4/14/2005    Last Visited: 4/27/2005  

  Dr. Carnell Cooper, Medical Director, Trauma Services, Prince George's

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