Damon Cooney, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Clinical Director, Face Transplant Program, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center
• Clinical Co-Director, Penile Transplantation, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Breast Reconstructive Surgery
• Comprehensive Transplant Center
• Lymphedema Surgery

Clinical Trials Summary

Human Upper Extremity Allotransplantation

Videos

• Meet Our Expert - Dr. Damon Cooney

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Why are scars permanent? , Live Science (July 2024)

• Improving Surgical Management of Lymphedema, Jhon Hopkins  (February 17, 2016)

• Exploring the Vanguard of Transplantation: Hand, Face and Urogenital , Jhon Hopkins (February 2016)

Research Interests

Composite tissue allotransplantation, Engineering human tissues for reconstructive purposes, Inducing tolerance in order to reduce or eliminate the need for systemic immunosuppression in transplantation patients, Microsurgical education, Nerve regeneration, Reconstructive transplantation

Research Summary

Dr. Cooney’s clinical and basic research focus is composite tissue allotransplantation (CTA). A member of the CTA team at Johns Hopkins, he helps conduct clinical trials for hand and face transplantation. Dr. Cooney’s laboratory work includes engineering human tissues for reconstructive purposes, nerve regeneration and microsurgical education. He also investigates tolerance induction, with the goal of reducing or eliminating the need for systemic immunosuppression in transplant patients.

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Cooney+DS&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Cooney%20DS%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=25428664

Honors

• Resident Research Prize for Ductal Carcinoma in situ in a Male - Role of Nipple Fluid, Ductal Lavage, and Endoscopy, University of Oklahoma Department of Surgery
• Sigma Xi
• Prize for Independent Scientific Research, Kenyon College
• Peer Academic Scholarship Award, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, 6/1/13
• Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery, 11/20/12
• Teamwork Award, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1/1/12
• First Place Resident Research Award, 2/1/08

Memberships

• American Society for Reconstructive Transplantation, Founding Member
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Member
• Plastic Surgery Research Council,

  Scientific Program Committee 

• American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
• American Society for Peripheral Nerve