Dr. Lawton Shaw Cooper M.D.
Family Practitioner
609 Kenbrook Dr Silver Spring MD, 20902Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Lawton Cooper is a family practitioner practicing in Silver Spring, MD. Dr. Cooper specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Cooper possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Harvard Medical School 1985
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Reliability of retinal photography in the assessment of retinal microvascular characteristics: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
- Occurrence of unrecognized myocardial infarction in subjects aged 45 to 65 years (the ARIC study).
- Characterization of incident stroke signs and symptoms: findings from the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
- Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on blood pressure control: main results of the PREMIER clinical trial.
- Barriers to health care access among the elderly and who perceives them.
- Economic evaluation of the HF-ACTION (Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training) randomized controlled trial: an exercise training study of patients with chronic heart failure.
- Factors related to morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic heart failure with systolic dysfunction: the HF-ACTION predictive risk score model.
- Randomized, controlled trial to improve self-care in patients with heart failure living in rural areas.
- Evidence-Based Heart Failure Medications and Cognition.
- Outcomes of anatomical versus functional testing for coronary artery disease.
- Authorship in a multicenter clinical trial: The Heart Failure-A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) Authorship and Publication (HAP) scoring system results.
- Quality-of-Life Outcomes With Anatomic Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing Strategies in Symptomatic Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the PROMISE Randomized Trial.
- Economic Outcomes With Anatomical Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease.
- Effect of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy on Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
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