Howard Cooper, M.D., came to Westchester Medical Center in 2014 after 12 years at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he was Director of the Coronary Care Unit. At Westchester Medical Center, he currently serves as Chief of the Section of Clinical Cardiology, Director of the Coronary Care Unit, and Director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program.

Education

• Fellowship: Georgetown University Medical Center and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• Residency: Duke University Medical Center
• M.D., Duke University School of Medicine
• Undergraduate: Harvard University

Areas of Expertise

• Critical Care Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Cardiology Clinical Trials

Publications

• Goldsweig AM, Kostis WJ, Herbert BM, et. al. "Blood Transfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction, Anemia, and Heart Failure: Lessons From MINT." Circulation. Heart failure, 18(4), (2025) e012495. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012495
• Carnicelli AP, Miller PE, Berg DD, et. al. "Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Cardiogenic Shock and Clinically Significant Valvular Heart Disease: From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network." Journal of cardiac failure, (), (2025) . pii: S1071-9164(25)00058-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2025.01.019
• Carrier FM, Cooper HA, Portela GT, et. al. "Anemia Acuity Effect on Transfusion Strategies in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Secondary Analysis of the MINT Trial." JAMA network open, 7(11), (2024) e2442361. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.42361
• Portela GT, Carson JL, Swanson SA, et. al. "Effect of Four Hemoglobin Transfusion Threshold Strategies in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia : A Target Trial Emulation Using MINT Trial Data." Annals of internal medicine, 177(11), (2024) 1489-1498. doi: 10.7326/M24-0571
• Simon T, Herbert BM, Brooks MM, et. al. "Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia: 6-Month Mortality in the MINT Trial." Circulation, 150(13), (2024) 1064-1066. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069917
• Patel SM, Berg DD, Bohula EA, et. al. "Early Serial Assessment of Aggregate Vasoactive Support and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock: Insights From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry." Circulation. Heart failure, 17(5), (2024) e011736. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.011736
• Donnelly S, Barnett CF, Bohula EA, et. al. "Interhospital Variation in Admissions Managed With Critical Care Therapies or Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring in Tertiary Cardiac Intensive Care Units: An Analysis From the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry." Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 17(1), (2024) e010092. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010092

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Teaching Responsibilities

• Transition to Residency
• Cardiology Small Group Sessions