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Cooper University Health Care Names Emergency Medical Technician Barry Hunter “Armed Forces Person of the Year”

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Cooper University Health Care has named Barry Hunter, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, its 2023 Cooper Armed Services Person of the Year. Hunter, an emergency medical technician, has been a team member of Cooper EMS Services for eight years.

In addition to his expertise and compassion providing care as a first responder in the City of Camden, Hunter is involved in many community outreach activities, including health education, career mentorship programs, neighborhood clean-up events in Camden, and coordinating the Cooper EMS Services Adopt-A-Family program every holiday season. Read more.

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Cooper University Health Care Medical Team Returns to Tanzania to Provide Education

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For the second consecutive year, a team of physicians and other health professionals from Cooper University Health Care’s Critical Care Medicine department traveled to Tanzania to provide advanced medical education at Muhimbili University and Hospital in Dar Es Salaam. Muhimbili Hospital is the largest hospital in Tanzania, with 1500 beds serving a city with a population of more than 7 million people. Read more.

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Cooper University Health Care First in New Jersey to Become Member of the National Network to Treat Acute Radiation Exposure

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Cooper University Health Care recently became the first hospital in New Jersey to join an elite group of medical organizations around the country prepared to respond to a radiological event.

The Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) is a national network of more than 75 medical centers nationwide with expertise in the management of casualties from a distant large-scale radiologic incident. Hospitals in the RITN specialize in treating patients with bone marrow failure and acute radiation syndrome. Read more.

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Cooper University Health Care Establishes Center for Advanced Practice to Support the Role of Advanced Practice Providers Across the Health Care Continuum

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Cooper University Health Care recently became the first hospital in New Jersey, and part of a small, select group of academic medical centers in the nation, to launch a Center for Advanced Practice (CAP) to promote and support the role of advanced practice providers in the health care continuum.

Advanced practice providers (APPs) are licensed health care professionals who work collaboratively with physicians and the care team. Read more.

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The Cooper Foundation Receives $50,000 from TD Bank To Support Program Tackling Social Barriers to Health 

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The Cooper Foundation was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, to expand a program that addresses societal barriers to health care access.

The program deploys community health workers (CHWs) in Camden and surrounding counties to improve health care access, reduce inpatient hospital stays and emergency department visits, and increase behavioral and specialty care visits by addressing social barriers to health. Read more.

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Four New Team Members Join Cooper University Health Care as Part of Army Medical Department Military-Civilian Trauma Team Training (AMCT3) Program

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Cooper University Health Care welcomes four new military team members who will be stationed at Cooper as part of the Army Medical Department Military-Civilian Trauma Team Training (AMCT3) Program.

The four new team members are physician assistant Capt. John Maitha, trauma surgeon Maj. Robert DesPain, MD, emergency medicine physician Maj. Michael Lajeunesse, MD, and paramedic Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Hayen. Read more.

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Cooper University Health Care to Participate in Multisite PAIN Trial

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Doctors at Cooper University Health Care are participating in a Department of Defense-funded study that seeks to improve the survival rate of severely injured patients. Prehospital Analgesia INtervention Trial, or PAIN, is a nationwide, phase-3, prehospital clinical trial being led by the University of Pittsburgh that aims to compare the effect of two intravenous (IV) pain medications administered to severely injured patients in the prehospital course of treatment. Read more.

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MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

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October 4, 2023, marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, a clinically integrated partnership between Cooper University Health Care and MD Anderson Cancer Center that has transformed cancer care in the region. With more than a million patient visits, MD Anderson at Cooper has become a leading cancer center providing New Jersey residents with advanced cancer care close to home. Read more.

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Cooper Innovation Center Receives $100,000 Grant to Develop New Device for Use During Cardiac Catheterizations Invented by Cooper Physicians

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Cooper University Health Care’s Center for Innovation has received a $100,000 grant from the Foundation for Health Advancement (FHA) to develop a new medical device that will aid physicians performing cardiac catheterizations and related procedures for greater efficiency, ultimately leading to better patient care.

The Antegrade Femoral Artery Entry Device and Sheath was invented and developed by vascular and endovascular surgeons Jeffrey P. Read more.

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Cooper University Health Care Earns Seventh Consecutive ‘Own the Bone’ Star Performer Recognition

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2023-2024 American Orthopaedic Association Own the Bone Star Performer logoCooper University Health Care is proud to announce that it has received 2023-2024 Star Performer recognition from the American Orthopaedic Association’s (AOA) Own the Bone® program for the seventh consecutive time. Cooper is one of approximately 280 health care institutions nationwide that have joined Own the Bone and taken initiatives to ensure their osteoporotic fracture patients receive the highest level of treatment and care. Read more.

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