Rate My Professor Anthony Cooper

Dr. Anthony Cooper is a Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Head of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia. He also serves as Head of the Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics at BC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Cooper obtained his medical and orthopaedic training at the University of Leeds and completed a clinical orthopaedic fellowship at BC Children’s Hospital. He additionally holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto, specializing in Healthcare and Lifesciences.

His clinical practice focuses on the treatment of complex congenital and acquired limb deformities, including fibular hemimelia, tibial hemimelia, congenital femoral deficiency, Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, and osteogenesis imperfecta, with an emphasis on limb lengthening and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Cooper’s research interests include quality of life and clinical outcomes for children with limb differences, pediatric hip conditions, and pediatric trauma. He is the founder of the International Limb Differences Network and has co-led the development of LIMB-Q Kids, an internationally applicable patient-reported outcome measure for children with lower limb differences. Dr. Cooper is actively involved in teaching and mentoring students across multiple health professions and serves as fellowship director for the Department of Orthopaedics at BC Children’s Hospital. He is also director of the Canadian Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma Conference and President of the Canadian Pediatric Orthopaedic Society. Key publications include work on establishing content validity of LIMB-Q Kids (2022) and studies on pin site infections and linguistic validation of outcome measures (2023).

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