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Cooper named inaugural French professor

David Perlmutter, MD, dean of the School of Medicine; Cooper; Tanya Lieber Waskiewicz, chief development officer for St. Louis Children's Hospital; and Gary Silverman, MD, head of the Department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital
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Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized physician-scientist who specializes in rare genetic diseases that affect children’s immune systems, has been named the inaugural Anthony R. French, MD, PhD, Professor in Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Cooper also is director of the Division of Rheumatology & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics and treats patients with immune disorders at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.