Press Releases

Polaris Health Directions Partners with MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper on Breast Cancer Pilot Project Using the Apple Watch

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Behavioral health technology company Polaris Health Directions (Polaris) and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper (MD Anderson Cooper) have signed a memorandum of understanding to partner on an integrated medical- behavioral health pilot project, using the Apple Watch to capture behavioral data that could affect the courses and outcomes of treatment for breast cancer patients.

Cardiologists at Cooper Become First in South Jersey, Philadelphia Region to Implant the WATCHMAN Device

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Innovative Technology Reduces Stroke Risk, Alternative to Long-Term Medication Use

On May 11, 2015, a multidisciplinary team at the Cooper Heart Institute became the first in South Jersey and the Philadelphia region to implant the newly approved WatchmanTM Left Atrial Appendage Closure device, providing patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) an alternative to long-term “blood-thinning” warfarin medication. The medical team successfully performed three cases on the first day. Read more.

Cooper Names Trauma Step-Down Nurse as DAISY Award Winner

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daisy2qCooper University Health Care has named Kristina Kelly, RN, of Riverside, NJ, as the most recent DAISY Award winner.

The DAISY Award, established by The DAISY Foundation, is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. It is presented in collaboration with the American Organization of Nurse Executives. Each quarter, Cooper will honor a nurse with The DAISY Award. Read more.

Special Delivery for Moms Who Won’t Be Home to Celebrate Mother’s Day

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motherdayblog2On May 8, 2015, The Lauren Rose Albert Foundation/Mother’s Matter Program visited Cooper University Hospital to deliver more than 100 gift baskets to mothers, grandmothers and caregivers who are hospitalized or have a family member hospitalized and won’t be home for Mother’s Day.

Since Mother’s Day 2001, the Lauren Rose Albert Foundation has reached out to mothers-in- need by donating hundreds of gift baskets overflowing with personal health and beauty care products to various community organizations, charities and health care facilities during the week of Mother’s Day. Read more.

Teens in Hospital Get New Hangout

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New Teen Lounge Opens at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper

The Cooper Foundation, in partnership with the Alicia Rose Victorious Foundation and the Ravitz Family Foundation, today celebrated the opening of the new Teen Lounge at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper.

“This new Teen Lounge is designed to be a special place for our adolescent patients, where they can take a break from their hospital stay, have fun and meet others their own age who can relate to what they are going through,” said Susan Bass Levin, President and CEO of The Cooper Foundation.  Read more.

Cooper Among South Jersey Hospitals to Launch Collaborative to Improve Access to Behavioral Health Services

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Cooper University Health Care is among the five major health systems in southern New Jersey, the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) and the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers that has launched the South Jersey Behavioral Health Innovation Collaborative (SJBHIC) to evaluate the current behavioral health landscape and provide innovative recommendations on how to improve the system.

Cooper Learning Center Receives $10,000 Grant to Help Students With Reading Disabilities

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The Cooper Learning Center has received a $10,000 grant from the Stan McKee Reading Foundation to provide individual learning therapy for children who have been identified in grades K, 1 and 2 as at risk for showing signs of dyslexia in the Brooklawn School District in Camden County, NJ.

Cooper Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Study Impact of Carbon Dioxide Levels Following Cardiac Arrest

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The NIH-National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has awarded Brian W. Roberts, MD, emergency medicine physician at Cooper University Health Care and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), a Mentored Patient-Oriented Career Development grant (K23) to study post-resuscitation partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide and neurological outcome after cardiac arrest.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Receives $100,000 Grant From Susan G. Komen Philadelphia® Community Grants Program to Support the Fight Against Breast and Other Cancers

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MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper received a $100,000 Screening/ Treatment Grant from the Susan G. Komen Philadelphia® Community Grants Program to fund its Cancer Community Outreach Screening Program, which focuses on outreach, awareness and screening for breast and other cancers.