Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, Cooper University Hospital Chief of Medicine receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine from the SCCM President, Pamela A. Lipsett, MD.

Over 5,000 people were in attendance at the Houston Convention Center last month for the opening ceremony of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) 41st Congress to see Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, Chief of the Department of Medicine at Cooper University Hospital, Director of the Cooper Heart Institute and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, receive the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

The SCCM represents more than 15,000 professional members in more than 100 countries. The SCCM Lifetime Achievement Award was created to honor individuals who demonstrate meritorious contributions to the field of critical care through the advancement of medical science, medical education, and medical care. Dr. Parrillo was only the thirteenth recipient in the 40-year-history of the organization.

Among many career accomplishments, Dr. Parrillo received the highest civilian honor, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Award, for creating the first Critical Care Medicine Department during his tenure NIH. He is also a member of the Association of American Physicians and the American Society of Clinical Investigation, two elite societies that elect members to recognize senior clinicians/scientists who have performed the finest clinical research.

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The International Aortic Summit, co-founded by Joseph V. Lombardi MD, will hold its second annual meeting in Venice from June 21st – 23rd, 2012. The world leaders in aortic surgery will give presentations on their research and new technology applications to aortic disease.

“We are fortunate to involve so many fantastic aortic surgeons this year,” reports, Dr. Lombardi , meeting Co-Chairman. The meeting this year will be focused on new technology and techniques. “This summit will prove to be a tremendous opportunity to share ideas on aortic disease and education, ” says Dr Lombardi, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Cooper University Hospital.

Learn more about the 2012 International Aortic Summit, including a full list of faculty members, topics and online registration information, by visiting ias2012venice.com.

On Tuesday, March 20^th, nearly 100 school nurses, coaches and athletic trainers from across the Delaware Valley joined Cooper in Schools at The Westin in Mount Laurel for their third annual Continuing Education Symposium “Stronger Children, Stronger Communities.” Continue Reading

Join Cooper surgeons Monday, March 12 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.  as they offer a hands-on demonstration of  the new da Vinci Surgical Robot.  Visitors are invited to operate the robot first-hand. Continue Reading

Dr. Richard Selznick, Director of the Cooper Learning Center at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, will lead an all-day workshop presented at Rowan University by its College of Graduate and Continuing Education entitled “The Shut-Down Learner” on Tuesday, February 7. Continue Reading