About Dr. Russell Cooper

He has taught and lectured on meditation around the world since 1975.

He graduated with an MBBCh from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1981. From there, he worked as a senior medical officer in multiple disciplines of medicine in South Africa and England from 1982 to 1984.

In 1987, he worked as a Registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine at the Launceston General Hospital Tasmania, Australia.

In 1988 Dr. Cooper commenced a full-time integrative medical practice in Hobart, Tasmania.

He became board-certified by the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (ABAARM).

He completed the first diploma in Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine through the European Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (ESAAM).

In 1993, he built Anubha Mountain Health Retreat in Fern Tree in the hills around Mount Wellington near Hobart which continues to be a progressive and nurturing center for patients seeking a complementary approach to physical and spiritual well-being in Tasmania and the mainland of Australia.

In 1992, he presented a lecture on the holistic approach to cancer treatment to the 8th Academy of Family Medicine National Congress in South Africa.

He has lectured on human growth hormone and anti-aging medicine at the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine Special Training Program in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005 in Australia and New Zealand.

Since 2001, he has conducted intensive Human Growth Hormone seminars for doctors throughout Australasia each year. He has also conducted seminars in South East Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines).

In 2002 Dr. Cooper guest lectured on Growth Hormone at Faculty of Family Practice, School of Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

In 2003, 2004, and 2005 he was invited to lecture on Growth Hormone at the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgeons and Physicians Annual Conference on the Gold Coast.

He was a guest lecturer at the University of Hong Kong Medical School Annual Conference, where he lectured on Human Growth Hormone Deficiency in adults and the value of hormone replacement therapy.

Since 2001, he has conducted intensive Human Growth Hormone seminars for doctors throughout Australasia and South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines).

In July 2006, Dr. Cooper presented a lecture on Genetic Diagnostics at the International Hormone Conference on the Gold Coast in Australia. In September Dr. Cooper was invited to lecture at the College of Family Physicians in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he spoke on Genetic Diagnostics and was the principal lecturer at an Analytical Reference Laboratory (ARL) International Genetics Conference in Melbourne.

In January 2007, Dr. Cooper presented 2 papers on Oestrogens and Genetic Polymorphisms at the first South African Academy of Aesthetic and Anti-Aging Medicine Conference in Cape Town. In April 2007, he lectured on Genetic Polymorphisms in Neuropsychiatry at The International Mental Health Summit on the Gold Coast. In December 2007, he was a guest lecturer at the European Society of Anti-Aging Medicine 13th Congress of Gynaecology, Andrology, and Anti-Aging on the Genetics of Breast Cancer where he was also co-chair of the lecture session on Genetics.

In September 2008, Dr. Cooper presented 3 papers on Genetic Polymorphisms, Nutrigenomics, and Hormone Metabolites at the Pan-American Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine in Montreal, Canada.

In March 2009, Dr. Cooper completed training with the European Institute of Personalised Prevention in France achieving diploma certification in Genomics.

In December 2009, Dr. Cooper achieved certification in Chelation Therapy (CCT) after completing training through the American College for the Advancement of Medicine (ACAM).

In March 2010, Dr. Cooper was invited to lecture at the Genetics and Epigenetics conference of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine Special Training Program (ACNEM STP) in Melbourne. The lecture was entitled ‘Dharma or Drama: Living and Eating for our Genes.’

In August 2010 Dr. Cooper was invited to lecture at an ACNEM STP Cancer Conference in Queenstown, New Zealand, where he presented a paper on the Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer.

He was the medical consultant of SciGen pharmaceuticals in Australia from 2005-2010.

In October 2011 Dr. Cooper was invited to lecture at the Healthscope Functional Medicine Conference 2011: Hormones, Liver Detoxification and Nutrigenomics in Melbourne where he presented two lectures: ‘Genes, Hormones and Dharma’ and ‘Steroid SNPs, Cancer and Envirogenomics’.

Dr. Cooper was the medical consultant of Genecare Pharmaceuticals and lectured on gene testing across Australia in October and November 2011.

Dr. Cooper was an International Medical Advisor for Genosense Diagnostics in Vienna from 2006 to 2012 and lectured doctors on Genetic Diagnostics in Europe in 2007 and 2008.

In May 2012, Dr. Cooper was invited to lecture at the Nutrition in Medicine Conference in Melbourne at the Nutrigenomics and Epigenomics pre-conference workshop where he presented a paper on ‘Living and ‘Eating for our Genes’.

In April 2013, Dr. Cooper completed an international two-year post-graduate study and was awarded a Master of Science (MSc Preventive Medicine) degree at Dresden International University in Preventive Medicine, Anti-Aging Medicine, and Regenerative Medicine.

Dr. Cooper was invited to lecture at annual Australian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA) Conference on the Gold Coast, Australia, in October 2013. He presented lectures on ‘Diagnostics: Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, SNPS & CTCs -Early Detection of Cancer’ and ‘Intravenous Vitamin C in the Treatment of Cancer: Towards Tumour-Specific, Person-Specific Management’.

In April 2015, Dr. Cooper was invited to speak at the Philippines Pediatric Congress where he presented a lecture on Nutrigenomic Opportunities through Genetic Screening – Preventive Personalised Medicine.