JAMES C. COOPER, DO, FACC, FACOI brings over 20 years experience in both general cardiology and electrophysiology to his patients in Northwest Arkansas.

  Dr. Cooper earned his medical degree from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Tulsa Regional Medical Center. His cardiology fellowship was completed at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, America's premier cardiac facility.

   Since moving to Fayetteville, Dr. Cooper has established the area's first reduced radiation dedicated electrophysiology laboratory, the area's most successful defibrillator support group, and local involvement in the first nationally recognized randomized trial for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. Dr. Cooper provides services ranging from electrophysiology studies to radiofrequency ablation of heart arrhythmias. In addition to implanting pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as performing lead extraction, he follows his patients to the area's only dedicated electrophysiology device clinic. He also manages the area's only syncope clinic where signal-averaged electrocardiography as well as tilt table testing are utilized for the evaluation of unexplained passing out episodes. Dr. Cooper is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and cardiac electrophysiology.