Patricia Cooper

Patricia Cooper (Col ’05, Law ’10 L/M) donated the right lobe of her liver to her father, Dr. Wayne D. Cooper in a complex liver transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Dec. 5, 2017. Dr. Cooper was suffering from end stage liver disease, and Ms. Cooper volunteered to donate her liver to him, as there was a low chance that he would ever receive a cadaver donor from the transplant list. They were each hospitalized for one week and are both recovering well. Ms. Cooper has returned to her home in Miami, Florida, and is back to work full-time as an immigration attorney at Gerstein & Gerstein Attorneys.  Dr. Cooper is home in McLean, Virginia. The Washington Post covered their story here. Dr. Cooper is the father of two other UVA graduates, Ryan Cooper (Col ’07), and Becky McDannel (Com ’11 L/M).