(Egg Harbor Township, NJ) – In a move that will expand gastroenterology services in the region, Atlantic Gastroenterology Associates of Egg Harbor Township has joined the Digestive Health Institute of Cooper University Health Care. The practice will be renamed Cooper University Health Care, Gastroenterology at Fire Road.
“Cooper’s Digestive Health Institute, with offices in Camden, Mount Laurel, Cherry Hill, Washington Township, Haddonfield, and Willingboro, has grown to become one of the largest programs dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of GI conditions in the region,” said Adam B. Elfant, MD, FACG, Division Head, Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases at Cooper. “We are excited to welcome this team of professionals to our growing complement of experts dedicated to providing the highest quality care and an exceptional health care experience for our patients and their families.”
All of the practice’s physicians and advanced care providers, including Barry Kaufman, MD, FACG, CNSP; Gary A. Rosman, MD, FACG, AGAF, AGA, ACG; and Gary Matusow, DO, DABOM, MBA, will continue to see patients at the practice located at 3205 Fire Road in Egg Harbor Township.
“Cooper is known for excellence, and our practice is excited to join one of the leading academic health systems in the state,” said Dr. Kaufman. “Our patients will still receive the same great care, but now will have even greater access to the more than 75 medical specialties and subspecialties available at Cooper.”
For more information about Cooper’s Digestive Health Institute, visit https://www.cooperhealth.org/services/digestive-health-institute-gastroenterology.
About Cooper University Health Care
Cooper University Health Care, with its MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and affiliation with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, is a leading academic health system. Cooper has more than 9,600 team members including 1,600 nurses, and more than 900 employed physicians and 450 advanced practice providers. Cooper University Hospital has been recognized as a top-performing regional hospital by U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-2023 Best Hospitals annual survey and has an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit upholding the standard of patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
Cooper has revenues of more than $2 billion and has an “A-” rating from S&P Global Ratings and “A3” rating from Moody’s Investors Service. Cooper University Hospital is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey and the busiest in the region. Nearly two million patients are served annually at Cooper’s 663-bed flagship hospital, outpatient surgery center, three urgent care centers, and more than 100 ambulatory offices throughout the community. Cooper has been named as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes for two consecutive years.
The Cooper Health Sciences campus in Camden, New Jersey, is home to Cooper University Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. Visit CooperHealth.org to learn more.
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