We are proud to announce that Terry Ricca, Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer, has been named chairperson of the American Heart Association’s 10th Annual Southern New Jersey Go Red For Women® luncheon. The annual event raises awareness, promotes education, and builds passion among South Jersey women to know their personal risk of heart disease and stroke, the No. Read more.
You may have heard or read about the Zika virus in the media. The World Health Organization has declared this a Global Health Emergency. Although the direct risk to most of us in this region is very low, there are issues related to this virus that can impact our community. The Infection Prevention Department at Cooper University Health Care has created this FAQ to provide you with clarification and resources to help you navigate through all of the information. Read more.
Every year for the past 11 years, Melvin Sheppard of Moorestown, NJ, visits the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with a special mission. Sheppard, now 18, was born nine weeks premature at Cooper in 1997 weighing only 2.9 pounds. As a token of thanks and gratitude for the medical care he received as a premature infant, the Moorestown, NJ, teenager conducts a year-long penny collection and donates the proceeds to the hospital. Read more.
Cooper is proud to have been among the national health care organizations recognized by The Dyslexia Project for providing comprehensive, multi-specialty services to children and families with dyslexia. Read the full list by clicking here.
Since 1995, the Cooper Learning Center has helped thousands of children learn to read–and changed their lives. The Center’s dedicated staff of expert educators and psychologists prides itself on building children’s academic confidence and self-esteem, and on teaching parents the specific things that they can do at home to help their children learn and succeed. Read more.
Cooper University Health Care is holding an RN Career Fair on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, for experienced nurses in the following areas:
OR • PACU • L&D • Oncology • MIU • NICU • Peds • Critical Care Pool • Med/Surg Pool
Where: Cooper University Hospital, Roberts Pavilion, Room 1014
When: Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The New Jersey Hospital Association today presented Cooper epidemiologist Annette C. Reboli, MD, attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Cooper University Health Care and vice dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), with its 2016 Healthcare Professional of the Year award.
Dr. Reboli was honored for her clinical and leadership skills, which have had a significant impact on patient care throughout the health system and in the success of New Jersey’s newest medical school. Read more.