Associate Professor Jamie Cooper

A/Professor Jamie Cooper is a physician, currently heading Trauma Intensive Care at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Surgery at Monash University and an NHMRC Practitioner Fellow.

A/Professor Cooper is the Australian Chief Investigator heading a research team that was awarded a three-year NRP grant in 2004 for the Perth component of a multi-centre trial known as 'DECRA'. This trial looks at a surgical procedure that is sometimes used following head injury to decrease the brain pressure caused by severe swelling. The operation, referred to as decompressive craniectomy (DC), is performed during the early phase after injury and may improve neurological outcomes in patients.

NRP (Chief) Co-investigators involved in the WA component of DECRA:
Dr Geoff Dobb, Senior Specialist, Intensive Care, Royal Perth Hospital
Mr Paul Bannan, Neurosurgeon, Royal Perth Hospital