David S. Cooper, MD, MACP is currently Professor of Medicine and Radiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  He has served as a Contributing Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and as the Deputy Editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.  Currently, he is an Editor-In-Chief for Endocrinology for Up-to-Date. He is one of the editors of the iconic textbook Werner and Ingbar’s The Thyroid.   He is the past Chair of the Subspecialty Board for Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Cooper is the past President the American Thyroid Association, and the recipient of the American Thyroid Association’s Distinguished Service Award and Paul Starr Award, the Distinction in Endocrinology Award given by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and the Endocrine Society’s Outstanding Scholarly Physician Award.