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Cooper Celebrates Opening of New Emergency Department

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Today, Cooper University Hospital unveiled its new, expanded Emergency Department (ED) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house for employees and visitors. The new facility is 33,000 square feet and includes 36 brand new, state-of-the-art patient rooms, including: designated adult and pediatric treatment and resuscitation rooms, two private triage rooms, a separate pediatric waiting room, and two decontamination rooms.
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South Jersey Prepared: Seminar and Tabletop Exercise Program Will Strengthen Region’s Response to Major Emergencies

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Southern New Jersey took its emergency preparedness to a higher level with a seminar and Tabletop Exercise conducted on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. This program involved many emergency preparedness stakeholders including local, county, and state emergency management officials, public health departments, and homeland security.
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Cooper Physician Featured in AAP News on Recent Release of Joint Commission Standards for Breastfeeding

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Lori B. Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, FAAP, Head of Adolescent Medicine at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper and a member of the executive committee of American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Breastfeeding, has published a review of the recently released Perinatal Core Measures related to exclusive breast milk feeding in AAP News.
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Rowan, Cooper Appoint Founding Dean to Lead Medical School

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Paul Katz, MD, has been selected as the Founding Dean of the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He currently is the Vice Dean of Faculty and Clinical Affairs at The Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton, Pa. As leader of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Katz becomes the Founding Dean of the first, four-year allopathic medical school ever in South Jersey—and the first new medical school in the State of New Jersey in the past 30 years.
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Cooper Study Published In JAMA Suggests Too Much Oxygen Following Cardiac Arrest May Be Harmful, Not Helpful

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Critical Care and Emergency Medicine researchers at Cooper University Hospital have published a research study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), one of the leading medical journals. Their research, which was a large multicenter study of adult patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after resuscitation from cardiac arrest, found that exposure to hyperoxia, or excessively high oxygen levels in the blood, is a common occurrence and an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality.
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Trauma Center Launches Distracted Driving Campaign for National Trauma Awareness Month

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Cooper University Hospital’s Level 1 Trauma team is recognizing National Trauma Awareness month with a public service announcement on distracted driving. Dr. Steven Ross, Head of the Division of Trauma at Cooper University Hospital, has recorded a sixty-second audio public service announcement that is being provided to radio stations throughout the region.
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Cooper Residents and Fellows Changing the Face of Medicine, Compete in 12th Annual Research Week Poster Contest

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Is there a way to improve longevity and quality of life in patients with testicular or prostate cancer? This is just one of the many medical questions that were presented during Cooper University Hospital’s Research week—April 19-23, 2010. Cooper medical students and physicians worked for months identifying cases and studies, creating a better understanding of emerging health trends and new disease management techniques. Over 115 posters were displayed throughout the halls of the hospital and the winners took home more than $4,000 worth of cash prizes.
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