Dr. Cooper is Chairman and Company Manager of The Mastery Company. He has been a consultant to the health care industry for almost 25 years – at the practice management level as well as at the corporate and organizational levels. Previously, Dr. Cooper was an academician, basic science researcher and practicing periodontist. His clients have included solo, partnered and group practices, with their corresponding support staff and large health care systems, third parties, clearing houses, biotechnical firms, information technology companies, IPAs, PPOs, DPMs and HMOs. Dr. Cooper is also co-inventor of the Kairos Index, a system of surveys that provide assessments of executive team performance for Fortune 1000 companies.