Dr. Joy Cooper

"The Olivia Pope of ObGyn"

Pronouns:  ​She/Her

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Origin: Philadelphia

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Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Black Panther Character

I Identify With:

Okoye, a warrior with a cause

About Dr. Joy Cooper

She is a self-proclaimed Urban Obstetrician-Gynecologist based in Oakland, California. She is a former resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her MD from Howard University, completed a Master's in Sexually Transmitted Infections & HIV at University College of London/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and earned a A.B. in African and African-American Studies at Harvard College. In between catching babies and Culture Care, she loves to travel, run and bike on her Peloton. 

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Medical Topics that she is most passionate about include fibroids, of which she is a survivor, black maternal health and chronic pelvic pain.