Congratulations to Cooper physician Erin W. Pukenas, MD, Associate Director of the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, for being honored by NJ Biz Magazine as one of the 2017 “Forty Under 40” award recipients. The annual awards honor accomplished young professionals are recognized for their professional achievements, commitments to success, and contributions to the community.
Childhood trauma survivors and their families enjoyed a super hero–themed day of fun with their families and the doctors and nurses who cared for them in a celebration of life reunion event at Cooper University Health Care on Saturday, September 9, 2017.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, unintentional accidents are the leading cause of death in young children and adolescents in the United States. Read more.
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper are teaming up to turn the Benjamin Franklin Bridge teal in September for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
“The purpose of the lighting is to raise awareness about ovarian cancer,” said Generosa Grana, MD, FACP, director of the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper.”
“The DRPA recognizes the outstanding work that MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper is doing regarding cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment,” said John T. Read more.
What: Subaru of America and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) are working together to provide much needed support and “warmth” to cancer patients and their families in communities across the country as part of the Subaru Loves to Care initiative.
Executives from Subaru of America’s corporate headquarters and LLS will deliver those messages and 100 specially made blankets to inpatients at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Read more.
Join A. Leilani Fahey, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, as she discusses the opportunities and challenges of breast reduction for the female adolescent. Dr. Fahey will touch on body image, emotional and physical discomfort, unwanted attention, and other issues some teens encounter with large breasts. And, the long term effects, risks, insurance coverage and more. The presentation is followed by a Q&A. Read more.
Cooper President and CEO Adrienne Kirby, PhD, FACHE, joined other South Jersey hospital CEOs for a panel discussion on “Navigating Healthcare” during South Jersey’s Healthcare Forum on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Rowan University.
Over 250 business and health care leaders from around the region met to share insights on health care issues and economics impacting their hospitals and patients. Read more.
Edit: The deadline has been extended to Monday, August 14, 2017.
Summer is just beginning. But The Cooper Foundation is on a mission!
Do you remember the excitement of getting a new backpack for school? Cooper is teaming up once again with its neighborhood school to provide backpacks to every student scholar enrolled at KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy.
Organize your coworkers to collect donations.Last year, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper expanded its services with the opening of a new and specialized 30-bed, all private-room, inpatient oncology unit on the fifth floor of the Roberts Pavilion. Today, Cooper leadership, staff, and former patients were welcomed back to celebrate a year of hope and healing.
Today’s event marked an important milestone in MD Anderson Cooper’s continued determination to provide the best care for cancer patients in this state-of-the-art unit, which saw 1,637 admissions in its first year. Read more.
Helen Nichter, RN, MSN, APN-C, Breast Surgery Nurse Practitioner at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, was recently honored as the Healthcare Champion for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Camden County. Helen was recognized for her continued commitment to excellence in the provision of oncology care.
Congratulations, Helen!
Learn more about Relay For Life by clicking here. Read more.
Women faced with the diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer — cancer that has spread outside of the breast to other parts of the body — may feel uncertain and fearful about their future. Adjusting to ongoing cancer treatment may be overwhelming. But metastatic breast cancer is not a hopeless disease. Many women continue to live long, productive lives with breast cancer in this stage. Read more.
