Board of Trustees

Edward D. Viner, M.D. Member, Board of Trustees Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

Edward Viner joined the KSTF Board of Trustees in May 2008.  Formerly Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Hospital, a position he held from 1987 to 2006, Dr. Viner was named Chairman of the Cooper Foundation Board in February 2008.  From 2006 to 2008, he was Cooper’s Senior Vice President  for Affiliations and External Development with responsibilities for raising awareness of the hospital within the business and medical communities; leading Cooper’s evolution to a four-year medical school; and fundraising.Dr. Viner specializes in internal medicine, medical oncology and hematology and is currently a Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  One of the most respected and honored physicians at Cooper University Hospital, he received the prestigious designation of Master of the American College of Physicians in 2007.  In 2006, Dr. Viner became the first physician to hold the Edward D. Viner Chair for the Chief of Medicine at Cooper University Hospital, endowed in his honor by Frederick P. and Barbara A. Engstorm. 

Prior to assuming the position of Cooper’s Chief Of Medicine, Dr. Viner spent twenty-two years in the practice of internal medicine and hematology/oncology at Pennsylvania Hospital where he was also Head of Section of Hematology/Oncology; Director of Fellowship Training in these disciplines; and Co-Director of the Oncology Research Laboratory.   Concurrently, he was Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.