Dr. Cooper serves as DI’s Founder and Medical Director.  She is a Seattle-based physician who specializes in the underlying causes of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and infertility. She is board-certified in Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine and is board-eligible in Sports Medicine.

Inspired by the urgent need for education in metabolic dysfunction, she founded the Diabesity Institute (DI), a nonprofit, to increase access to effective science-based treatment for those suffering from or at risk for type 2 diabetes and obesity. As part of DI’s effort to educate the public, Dr. Cooper has devoted countless hours to participating in public and healthcare professional educational outreach. As part of her role as health/ medical communications lead for DI, she has been featured as a speaker at multiple national medical conferences, public health events, radio and TV interviews, and was a regular guest, appearing in over 125 segments on local KING-TV news from 2013 to 2019 to discuss various Diabesity-related topics. She now hosts a podcast, Fat Science with Dr. Emily Cooper, along with co-hosts Andrea Taylor and Mark Wright, which reaches thousands of listeners worldwide.

Dr. Cooper is instrumental in DI’s scientific research, including developing a robust clinical database in collaboration with the Cooper Center for Metabolism, consisting of de-identified data of over 2000 clinical cases, highlighting medical treatment strategies for Diabesity.  She has developed an accredited provider training program and companion training manual for those interested in deeper metabolic science from a clinical perspective.