Cooper Aron
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Teen Honoree
 Cooper Aron was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at the age of ten when he was unable to use his hands to grip or his legs to walk. He was in a wheelchair, couldn’t write, and could not play sports: his favorite activity. Cooper’s come a long way in four years with the help of friends, family, medications, and the Arthritis Foundation. Cooper, now 14, plays club volleyball, is on his school’s tennis team, and is taking all honors courses at an academically accelerated school. He wants to ensure he and the 300,000 children in the United States living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis have the ability to say YES to living their best life.
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Dr. Michael Domer specializes in sports-related orthopedic injuries and he is skilled in all aspects of orthopedic care, including minimally-invasive techniques. His passion for the field of orthopedics stems from his own experience as a high school baseball player recovering from a shoulder and knee injury. While this injury curtailed his plans to become a professional baseball player, it set Dr. Domer on the path he now relishes – working with patients to manage their injuries and returning them to their pre-injured status. A graduate of Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Dr. Domer complete his residency in the rigorous Phoenix Orthopedic Residency Program at the Maricopa Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix, and Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.