The Cooper Breast Imaging Center at The Ripa Center for Women’s Health and Wellness located on Cooper’s Voorhees campus has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
By awarding the BICOE designation, the ACR affirms that the Cooper Breast Imaging Center at Ripa has achieved high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs.
“This accreditation affirms that we are a full-care facility committed to serving all of our patients’ breast health needs,” said Lydia Liao, MD, PhD, MPH, Head of the Division of Cooper Breast Imaging Center (CBIC). “We have an outstanding team and women can come to us and feel confident knowing that they will receive the highest level of care from a knowledgeable, compassionate staff.”
The Ripa Center for Women’s Health and Wellness at Cooper, first founded in 2007, was designed to meet the unique needs of women at all ages and all stages of life. Created by women, for women, it provides access to “one-stop” comprehensive medical care by the highly skilled and experienced physicians and staff at Cooper. In early 2014, the center moved to an expanded facility to meet the growing need for services.
The Ripa Center is one of a select number of facilities in the United States to offer the cutting-edge Sensory Suite mammography. The sensory suite enhances a patient’s experience by providing a personalized, calming environment utilizing the patient’s senses with sight, smell and hearing during a mammography examination. Cooper also offers Contrast Enhanced Diagnostic Mammogram (CESM), a technology that can be used as an alternate to traditional mammography for patients with dense breast tissue. CESM is available at Cooper’s Main Voorhees campus directly across the street from the Ripa Center.
In addition to primary care and gynecologic and obstetrical services, The Ripa Center offers osteoporosis testing, wellness programs, fitness and nutrition classes and more.