IMPORTANT NOTICE: As you may know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) have paused the administration of the Johnson & Johnson (J & J) vaccine to review data involving six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in women who were between the ages of 18 and 48. Read more.
The Cooper Center for Healing, which includes Cooper University Health Care’s Addiction Medicine Division, has opened a new community-based office in Camden for patients suffering from addiction disorders. Conveniently located in the Bridgeview Building at 800 Cooper Street in Camden, the new office will provide more opportunities for substance use disorder treatments for patients across South Jersey.
“We are committed to providing compassionate, accessible, academic-level care to those suffering from substance use disorders,” said Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM, division head of the Addiction Medicine Division at Cooper. Read more.
Last week, April 5-11, was National Public Health Week. Cooper University Health Care has a community outreach team that demonstrates the work done in public health within the department of Population Health. The focus of Population Health is to transform care delivery to empower patients and improve the health of our community.
“Our Community outreach programs provide education, awareness, and health promotion to the communities we serve. Read more.
This week, the Patient Access Center at Cooper celebrated National Patient Access Week 2021. The Patient Access Center is a fast-paced call center with a very talented team of patient navigators.
A patient navigator is proactive in serving patients. “Our patient navigators provide a single and centralized point of patient access to physician and radiology services across multiple disciplines. Our navigators are tech-savvy, service-oriented, communicate effectively, and have excellent Cooper Core Values,” said Gabriel Suckey, Manager of our Patient Access Center. Read more.
Earlier this month, Steven E. Ross, MD, FACS, FCCM, Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Cooper, presented Outstanding Leadership Awards to five members of our Cooper clinical team who were nominated by members of the Cooper Medical Executive Committee, and selected by our Medical Staff leadership. Below, read more about what made these five recipients stand out among our team. Read more.
Today, March 30, 2021, is National Doctors’ Day. On this day of recognition, we honor our outstanding Cooper physicians who provide healing and hope every day. This annual observance is aimed at appreciating physicians who help save our lives everywhere. The holiday first started in 1933 in Winder, Georgia, and since then it’s been honored every year on March 30, the first anniversary of a doctor using ether anesthesia by Dr. Read more.
Cooper University Health Care in conjunction with Camden County College and Impact Charity Services have developed a new career training program for Cooper team members interested in advancing their health care careers.
Funded by a grant from Impact Charity Services , a local non-profit, the Patient Care Technician Program is designed to prepare students to train for one of the fastest growing professions in the health care industry today. Read more.
On March 18, 2021, Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, The U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, visited Cooper University Health Care to meet with hospital leadership and current Army personnel embedded at Cooper as part of Army Medical Department Military-Civilian Trauma Team Training program. Cooper has one of the most extensive military training programs in the nation. Read more.
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Meadowbrook, PA – Cooper University Health Care and Redeemer Health today announced a new partnership creating an integrated cancer program at Holy Redeemer Hospital that will be overseen by MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper.
In September 2013, Cooper partnered with MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the nation’s leading cancer centers, to create MD Anderson at Cooper. Read more.
Today is National Registered Dietitian Day, part of National Nutrition Month, and we’re shining a spotlight on the role of Registered Dietitians throughout Cooper who are keeping our patients healthy at every stage in life. Our thanks to Sandra Vasquez, MS, RD, CSOWM, and Amanda Konop, DTR, with our Cooper Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, outpatient dietitian Evelyn Arteche, MS, RDN, inpatient dietitian Samantha Honeywell, RD, CNSC, and Linda Goldsmith, MA, RDN, CSO with MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper for sharing some insight into this important part of the multidisciplinary approach to care at Cooper. Read more.