Cooper Doctor Heads Mission to Establish Much Needed Pediatric ICUs in Nigeria
Odiraa Nwankwor, MD, MPH, a pediatric intensivist at Cooper University Health Care and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Cooper Medical School, is leading an initiative to help establish pediatric intensive units in Nigeria.
Dr. Nwankwor, a Nigerian native and the Founder of Health Place for Children Initiative, developed the “Nigeria Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) Project” as part of Cooper’s Global Health program to bring medical equipment, guidance, and hand-on training to hospitals throughout that country. Read more.



On Monday, July 20, six-year-old Lily Cuticchia of Haddon Township, NJ visited Cooper University Health Care to donate nearly 1,200 pairs of new socks she collected for patients in Cooper’s emergency department and addiction medicine programs. Representatives from both departments were on hand to accept the donations.
During their four years at CMSRU, the Class of 2020 performed many impressive community-based projects that directly supported residents of Camden.