库克森博士是俄克拉荷马大学泌尿系教授和主席。他是泌尿学Donald Albers捐赠主席。他是OU健康史蒂芬森癌症中心的首席外科医生。他是泌尿肿瘤学会和AUA中南部分会的前任主席。他毕业于俄亥俄州立大学医学院，在德州大学圣安东尼奥分校完成了泌尿外科住院医生实习。他在纪念斯隆·凯特琳癌症中心做过泌尿肿瘤学研究。他获得范德比尔特大学医疗保健管理硕士学位。他专注于泌尿肿瘤学和教育，作为AUA/ABU考试委员会成员和SUO的OKAT前主席，他领导了在临床途径中整合循证医学、增强指南和改善教育的工作。他曾担任AUA的CRPC指导小组主席。他目前担任AUA高级前列腺癌指导小组的副主席。 He is currently on the Editorial Board of the AUA Update Series. He is a member of the AAGUS, the SPS and numerous professional societies. He has been recognized internationally for his contributions to the field of urologic oncology and has lectured extensively. An accomplished researcher, teacher and lecturer, he is the authored or co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed journal publications and more than 30 chapters of various textbooks in urologic oncology and urologic surgery. He has been recognized nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions to field of urologic oncology.