Richard Michael Cooper BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC

Dr. Cooper’s primary professional interest relates to advancing airway management devices and techniques as well as enhancing clinical documentation. In this regard, he was actively involved in the development of a video laryngoscope (GlideScope) and two commercial airway exchange catheters (Cook Airway Exchange Catheter and CardioMed EndoTracheal Ventilation Catheter, ETVC®). He was a founding member of the Society for Airway Management (SAM) and served as its president from 2012-2014. Dr. Cooper also served as chair of the program committee and on the organizing committee of for SAM 2012 and the World Airway Management Meeting 2015 respectively. He is currently the director of the Anesthesia Advanced Airway Management Fellowship at Toronto General Hospital. He was co-editor of The Difficult Airway.