Author: Cooper University Health Care

Cooper University Health Care Adopts New Wellness App for Frontline Workers

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Cooper University Health Care is the second healthcare system in the country to begin using the Heroes Health wellness app. The app was developed recently by a team led by the UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery with the help of Google Cloud, to better support the mental health of frontline workers and first responders.

The app is primarily designed to support first responders and COVID workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read more.

Cooper Experts Discuss Overcoming Fear and Anxiety During the Pandemic

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For the past several years, Cooper University Health Care and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper have partnered with Trinity Presbyterian Church in Cherry Hill to present a health lecture to congregants during the month of October. Although the pandemic prohibited us from having an in-person seminar this year, we were able to use online technology to continue this important annual program. Read more.

What Is Lymphoma?

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This week, actor Jeff Bridges announced that he was recently diagnosed with lymphoma and is undergoing treatment. While many people are familiar with lung, breast, and colorectal cancers, they may not know as much about lymphoma.

Lymphoma is a cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes that are part of the body’s immune system. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell found in the lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, bone marrow, and almost every other organ of the body. Read more.

Clinical Research Shows That Cancer Treatment Can Be Done Safely During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Study conducted by MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researchers finds very low risk of asymptomatic cases in statewide study of cancer patients.

In the largest study of its kind reported to date, a multi-institutional group of researchers examined the presence of asymptomatic COVID-19 in cancer patients.  Read more.

The Cooper Foundation’s 11th Annual Pink Roses Teal Magnolias @Home Raises More Than $600,000 for Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Care and Research at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

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The Chairman of Cooper University Health Care Board of Trustees,  George E. Norcross, III, announced today that The Cooper Foundation’s Pink Roses Teal Magnolias @Home raised more than $600,000 for breast and gynecologic cancer research and clinical programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. This year, the annual event went virtual. To view the Pink Roses Teal Magnolias @Home video program, click here. Read more.

Cooper’s Dr. Nitin Puri Named Co-Winner of NJBIZ Physician Healthcare Hero of the Year

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Cooper University Health Care is proud to announce that Nitin K. Puri, MD, Division Head, Critical Care Medicine and Co-Medical Director, Center for Critical Care Medicine, was named a co-winner of Physician Healthcare Hero of the Year by NJBIZ magazine as part of the publication’s annual Healthcare Heroes awards.

According to the editors of NJBIZ, “This year has presented unique challenges to us all, but in the midst of a public health pandemic it’s hard not to focus on those working on the ‘front lines’ of that fight, bringing an added sense of gravitas and appreciation to the 2020 NJBIZ Health Care Heroes Awards.” Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Achieves Two Cardiac Firsts Involving Next-Generation Watchman FLX(TM) Device

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Cardiac specialists at Cooper University Health Care recently achieved two recent medical firsts: The team was the first in the Philadelphia region to successfully implant Boston Scientific’s Watchman FLXTM device, and Cooper enrolled the first patient in the OPTION clinical trial involving the same device.

The Watchman FLX is the next generation of a potentially life-changing, catheter-based (or non-surgically delivered) device designed to close the left atrial appendage. Read more.

The Cooper Foundation’s Outdoor Brunch & Golf Outing Raises $50,000 for Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Care and Research at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

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On October 5, The Cooper Foundation announced that the Pink Roses Teal Magnolias Outdoor Brunch and Golf Outing raised $50,000 for breast and gynecologic cancer research and clinical programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper.

More than 120 guests and golfers attended the ​sold out, socially-distant outdoor brunch and nine-hole golf outing at Ramblewood Country Club in Mt. Laurel, NJ. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Opens New Trauma Surgical ICU

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Cooper University Health Care has opened a new 28-bed Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the top floor of its Roberts Pavilion building to expand the academic health system’s advanced critical care capacity to 86 beds. The top floor of the building previously housed conference rooms and administrative offices.

“As the leading academic health system and only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey, Cooper is the foremost provider of critical care services and this new unit will allow us expand to meet the needs of the community,” said Kevin O’Dowd, JD, co-CEO of Cooper. Read more.