Cooper is an engaged corporate health partner. We are proud to share our accomplishments with the community. Join us for a presentation and learn first-hand about Cooper’s commitment to South Jersey.

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location:
Cooper University Hospital
Roberts Pavilion, Room P1014
One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ Read more.

Cooper University Hospital has received the Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation (NRC). The annual award identifies hospitals from across the United States that health care consumers choose as having the highest quality and image. This is the 11th year Cooper has received this honor.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper unveiled a new, expanded infusion center on Friday, November 4, 2016, for patients needing chemotherapy and other infusion treatments. The $3.3 million expansion, located on the third floor of MD Anderson Cooper, nearly doubles the treatment area available for patients from 18 infusion bays and two private rooms to 32 bays and four private rooms.

Cooper University Health Care is holding a Career Fair on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, for experienced medical assistants, LPN’s and patient services reps in Pediatrics, OB/Gyn Women’s Care, Cardiology, Internal Medicine, Multispecialty, Family Medicine, etc.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper received a $35,000 grant from the Avon-Pfizer Metastatic Breast Cancer Grants Program: Identify-Amplify-Unify. MD Anderson Cooper was one of only 22 non-profit organizations to receive a grant to support and educate metastatic breast cancer patients, their caregivers, and their communities.

Jeffrey C. Brenner, MD, medical director of the Urban Health Institute at Cooper University Health Care and executive director of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, was honored as Humanitarian of the Year by the Philadelphia Business Journal at its Healthcare Innovators/Doctors of Distinction event on October 20, 2016.

Dr.  Brenner is a family physician that has worked in Camden, NJ, for the past 16 years. Read more.

Thanks to the efforts and dedication of the staff at Cooper University Health Care, a 49-year-old German citizen recently was reunited with long-lost family in her native country.

The journey began in August 2016 when Selma Wahl, a German citizen who had been living in South Jersey, was found unconscious at the base of the stairs at a friend’s home. Ms. Read more.

To meet increased patient demand, the Cooper Heart Institute unveiled a new, state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization laboratory on October 10, 2016.

“Cooper has one of the busiest catheterization labs in the region,” said Phillip A. Koren, MD, FACC, FSCAI, co-director the Cooper Heart Institute. “Our dedicated staff of professionals – our physicians, nurses, technicians, and support staff – work collaboratively to provide the highest level of care and the best experience possible.” Read more.

Cooper University Health Care is proud to announce that it has received 2017 Star Performer recognition from the American Orthopaedic Association’s (AOA) Own the Bone® program.

Cooper University Health Care is one of more than 200 health care institutions nationwide that has taken initiative to ensure its osteoporotic fracture patients receive the treatment and care that they deserve by implementing AOA’s Own the Bone program. Read more.

To kick off SIDS Awareness Month (October) and promote safe sleep initiatives, Cooper University Health Care hosted the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF) to accept 150 pack-n-play cribs on Wednesday, October 5, 2016. Allison Blake, commissioner of NJ Department of Children and Families, presented the cribs with a proclamation in recognition of SIDS Awareness Month.

Each pack-n-play includes a safe sleep education kit and will be distributed to families identified as at-risk, with the goal of reducing the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome. Read more.