Stephen W. Trzeciak, MD, MPH, a critical care and emergency medicine specialist at Cooper University Health Care, is the recipient of a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a research project grant (R01) to study neurological and cognitive effects of hyperoxia after cardiac arrest. Dr. Trzeciak is the lead researcher on the project, which will include multiple centers throughout the United States. Read more.

This Saturday, 94.1 WIP sports radio show with Glen Macnow and Ray Didinger, featured Mark Pollard, MD, of the Cooper Bone and Joint Institute, who commented on the Philadelphia Flyers right wing, Matt Read’s rib muscle tear and his estimated six week recovery time.

94.1 WIP sports radio show with Glen Macnow and Ray Didinger, feature Cooper Bone and Joint Institute Doctors discussing the most recent news in Philadelphia sports related injuries.

This Saturday, 94.1 WIP sports radio show with Glen Mac now and Ray Didinger, featured John M. Neidecker, DO, ATC, of the Cooper Bone and Joint Institute, who commented on Philadelphia 76ers guard, Jason Richardson’s knee injury that is requiring season-ending surgery and long recovery time.

In this weeks edition of NJBiz, Eli Winkler, Senior Vice President of Growth and Development, discussed the need to keep New Jersey patients from crossing the river into New York and Pennsylvania for their care. Mr. Winkler also discussed the new Cooper Cancer Institute and how it will provide better, more coordinated care for patients in the region.

Cooper Vascular Surgeons implanted the first drug eluting stent for the treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) in the State of New Jersey. Zilver® PTX®(COOK MEDICAL, Bloomington, IN), the first drug-eluting stent (DES) stent of its kind, was recently approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and made available to only a select few centers of excellence in the country.

On January 10, 2013, three members of the Cooper faculty, Frank W. Bowen, III, MD, Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology; Miguel Villalobos, MD, Surgical Resident, and Heather Marshall, RN, Intensive Care Unit, traveled to Retalhuleu Guatemala on an eleven-day relief mission

This Saturday, 94.1 WIP sports radio show with Glen Macnow and Ray Didinger, featured Mark A. Pollard, MD, of the Cooper Bone and Joint Institute, who commented on Baltimore Raven Ray Lewis and the use of deer antler-extract to speed recovery of torn triceps.

On Saturday, January 26, the Ripa Center for Women’s Health & Wellness at Cooper University Health Care hosted its 2013 Mother-Daughter Day, with special guest speaker Kathleen Hassan, a national self-esteem and empowerment expert for teens. This year’s theme was “Mothers and Daughters Coming of Age Together”.

We’re excited to see everyone tomorrow at The Ripa Center’s Mother Daughter Day. The weather has cleared up and the event will go on as planned. We’ll see you there! Read more.