{"id":5998,"date":"2023-07-20T09:20:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T13:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlanticurologyclinics.com\/?page_id=5998"},"modified":"2024-02-13T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T20:05:15","slug":"lauren-folgosa-cooley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atlanticurologyclinics.com\/physicians\/lauren-folgosa-cooley\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Folgosa Cooley, MD, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Lauren Folgosa Cooley<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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EDUCATION<\/strong>
University of Richmond\u2013 BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Honors Program 2010
Medical College of Virginia\/VCU \u2013 MD, Valedictorian 2017
Medical College of Virginia\/VCU – PhD, Immunology 2017<\/p>

RESIDENCIES<\/strong>
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago IL 2023<\/p>

FELLOWSHIPS<\/strong>
Post-doctoral research fellowship, Urologic Oncology, Northwestern University, 2021<\/p>

CLINICAL EXPERTISE<\/strong>
Urology
Urologic Surgery
Immunology<\/p>

SPECIAL INTERESTS<\/strong>
Urologic Oncology
Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
Cancer Research
Minimally Invasive BPH treatments
Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HOLEP) for BPH
Stone disease<\/p>

AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, & RESEARCH STUDIES<\/strong>
For a list of Dr. Cooley\u2019s Publications click on the following link:<\/u>
https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=cooley+lf<\/a><\/p>

Northwestern University<\/u>
Catherine Reba Award for Outstanding Urology Resident, 2023
Best Poster Award, Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting, 2021
Urology Care Foundation Resident Research Award and Grant, 2020
Society of Women in Urology, Elisabeth Pickett Research\u00a0Award, 2020<\/p>

Medical College of Virginia\/Virginia Commonwealth University<\/u>
Valedictorian of Medical School Class, 2017
Dean\u2019s Award for Academic Achievement, 2017
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, 2014
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honors Society, junior inductee, 2012<\/p>

University of Richmond<\/u>
Summa Cum Laude, 2010
National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team, 2006-2010
National Hispanic Scholar, Honors Scholarship, 2006-2010
HHMI Minority Research Scholar Award, 2006<\/p>

Woodward Academy<\/u>
Athletic Hall of Fame (Women’s Golf), Inductee, 2018<\/p>

JOURNAL REVIEWER<\/strong>
Journal of Urology
Urology
Urology Practice
European Urology
Frontiers in Oncology<\/p>

ASSOCIATIONS<\/strong>
American Urologic Association
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Dr. Lauren Folgosa Cooley MD, PhD EDUCATIONUniversity of Richmond\u2013 BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Honors Program 2010Medical College of Virginia\/VCU \u2013 MD, Valedictorian 2017Medical College of Virginia\/VCU – PhD, Immunology 2017 RESIDENCIESMcGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago IL 2023 FELLOWSHIPSPost-doctoral research fellowship, Urologic Oncology, Northwestern University, 2021 CLINICAL EXPERTISEUrologyUrologic SurgeryImmunology SPECIAL INTERESTSUrologic OncologyLaparoscopic and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":144,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nLauren Folgosa Cooley, MD, PhD - 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