Press Releases

The Center for Critical Care Medicine at Cooper University Health Care has received national recognition for its outstanding extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program, an advanced lifesaving system used for critically ill patients. The Cooper team was named a Silver Level Center on the Path to Excellence in Life Support program by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).

The Excellence in Life Support Award recognizes centers that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes and quality measures, staff training and continuing education, patient satisfaction, and ongoing clinical care. Read more.

The Cooper Norcross 10K Bridge Run and two-mile walk is an exciting, regional event that raises money for the Larc School in Bellmawr, NJ. In addition to providing an opportunity to run atop the Ben Franklin Bridge with great views of the Delaware River, Camden, and Philadelphia, the event supports children with special needs. We encourage you to run, walk, or volunteer for this great race. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care is proud to announce that it has received 2022-2023 Star Performer recognition from the American Orthopaedic Association’s (AOA) Own the Bone® program, for the sixth year in a row. 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.

Governor Phil Murphy, Camden County Native Kelly Ripa, former Governor Chris Christie Join Announcement of Unprecedented Investment in the Revitalized City

CAMDEN, NJ: Today, Cooper University Health Care and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper announced a new, $2 billion expansion in the City of Camden, where it was founded 135 years ago. Board Chairman George E. Norcross III, co-CEOs Kevin M. Read more.

For the second consecutive year, Cooper University Health Care was named as one of America’s Best-in-State Employers by Forbes, the prominent national business publication. Cooper was one of only seven health systems in New Jersey to make the Forbes list in 2022.

“Cooper’s care has always been defined by the quality and commitment of its employees,” said George E. Norcross III, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cooper Health System, Cooper University Hospital, and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Read more.

In 2011, the Sepsis Alliance declared September to be Sepsis Awareness Month, an annual opportunity for individuals, health care professionals in every area of medicine, and organizations big and small to help save lives by raising awareness of the leading cause of deaths in U.S. hospitals – sepsis.

Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming response to infection, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, amputation, and death. Read more.

More than 2,200 backpacks donated through the Cooper Foundation’s Operation Backpack

In what has become an annual back-to-school time tradition, Cooper University Health Care team members and other donors have raised funds to purchase backpacks and school supplies for all students enrolled at KIPP Lanning Square Primary, KIPP Lanning Square Middle, KIPP Sumner Elementary, KIPP Hatch Middle and KIPP Cooper Norcross High School as part of the Foundation’s annual Operation Backpack. Read more.

Foundation for Health Advancement (FHA) and Cooper University Health Care announce the signing of an affiliation agreement that allows both organizations to work together to develop opportunities to advance breakthrough biomedical research and technologies within the Cooper University Health Care system.

“As the leading academic health system in southern New Jersey, the addition of Cooper University Health Care further strengthens our Foundation’s network as we strive toward new and unique collaborations,” noted George F. Read more.

Free school supplies, refreshments, Mister Softee Ice Cream

Just in time for the new school year, Cooper University Health Care in cooperation with Camden County Department of Health is holding a free community-wide COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic on Saturday, August 27, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at its Camden Vaccination Center located at 300 Broadway (between MLK Boulevard and Stevens Street) in downtown Camden. Read more.