National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, September 16-22, 2019, is the perfect time to acknowledge the many benefits that can arise from rehabilitation programs. Read more.
Author: Cooper University Health Care
Cooper Chairman George E. Norcross III Announces Establishment of Bahamian Relief Fund to Help Victims of Hurricane Dorian
Cooper University Health Care Chairman George E. Norcross III announced that the health system, through The Cooper Foundation, has established a Bahamian Relief Fund to provide support to those affected by Hurricane Dorian that devastated the island nation last week. In the past few years, Cooper employees have contributed over $45,000 for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico and Houston following Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Harvey. Read more.
New Carotid Procedure at Cooper University Health Care Lowers Stroke Risk and Recovery Time First Hospital in South Jersey to Offer Minimally Invasive Technique
A potential complication of traditional vascular surgery and stenting for stroke prevention in patients with carotid artery disease is the risk of a stroke occurring during the procedure itself. Vascular surgeons at Cooper University Health Care are now performing a new, advanced minimally invasive technique to deliver a stent into a blocked artery while reducing the risk of stroke. Cooper is the first hospital in the South Jersey region to offer this procedure. Read more.
Subaru and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Deliver ‘Gestures of Hope’ to Cancer Patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
Representatives from Subaru of America’s corporate headquarters and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) delivered messages of hope and 80 specially made blankets to inpatients at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper to help encourage them in their fight against cancer.
“This is such a generous and kind gesture from our friends from Subaru of America, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,” said Generosa Grana, MD, director of MD Anderson at Cooper. Read more.
Register Now: Advanced Practice Provider Symposium
Advanced Practice Providers are invited to register for an education symposium to be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019, from 8 a.m – 4:30 p.m. at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
Cooper University Health Care’s Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Symposium is designed to enhance APP’s knowledge in areas of surgery, osteoporosis, pharmacology, pediatrics, infectious disease and cardiovascular care. Our speakers are experts in their field and are delighted to share current evidence-based treatments and exciting new developments in their areas of expertise. Read more.
Commentary: What it Was Like to be a Medical Resident During Hahnemann’s Closure
One day, John Williamson and Madison Crutcher were moving in together. The next, their worlds were turned upside down.
In late June 2019, my girlfriend Madison Crutcher and I moved in together in Philadelphia’s Fairmount section as we both continued our medical residencies at Hahnemann University Hospital. We hoped it would be an exciting new chapter in our relationship.
Two days later, Hahnemann announced it was closing, throwing our future into question. Read more.
Rana Awdish, MD, Author of In Shock, Discusses Improving the Patient Experience Through Connection and Communication During the Seventh Annual Berkowitz Family Foundation Lecture Program
Rana Awdish, MD, author of In Shock, yesterday discussed her best-selling memoir based on her first-hand account of going from a young critical care physician to a dying patient in an instant. She was the featured speaker for the Seventh Annual Berkowitz Family Foundation Lecture Program.
Awdish is Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Medical Director of Care Experience at Henry Ford Health System, and Assistant Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Read more.
Cooper University Health Care Employees and The Cooper Foundation Donate Backpacks, School Supplies to Camden Students
More Than 2,200 Backpacks and School Supplies Donated Through The Cooper Foundation’s Operation Backpack
CAMDEN, N.J. — The Cooper Foundation, along with city officials and school leaders, today distributed backpacks and school supplies to every student at KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy (KCNA) Lanning Square Primary and Middle School campus and KCNA Whittier Middle School in Bergen Square. KCNA serves students in Pre-K through 8th grade. Read more.
ICU Nurse Recognized With DAISY Award at Cooper
Cooper University Health Care recently recognized Jennifer Orr, RN, of Collingswood, NJ, with the DAISY Award for providing exceptional nursing care. Orr is a nurse in Cooper’s Intensive Care Unit.
Orr was nominated by Mary Jane Durkin, MSN, RN, OCN, an oncology clinical educator at Cooper, following a hospitalization.
“She never assumed because I was a nurse, that I knew everything,” said Durkin who has since recovered from coronary bypass surgery. Read more.
Cooper Physician Receives Influencer of Healthcare Award
Stephen W. Trzeciak, MD, MPH, was one of 27 awardees to receive The Philadelphia Inquirer’s 2019 Influencer of Healthcare Award at a ceremony August 15, 2019. This award program honors Philadelphia’s most influential health care professionals.
Dr. Trzeciak is a physician scientist, professor and chair of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), and the chief of medicine at Cooper University Health Care. Read more.