Camden's 'Eds & Meds' unveil 10-year progress report, detailing the achievements made by Camden's major higher education and healthcare anchor institutions during the last decade.

On October 13, 2012, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, in partnership with Mitsubishi Motors and Kids Safety First, will host free child safety seat inspections at Campbell’s Field in Camden, NJ.

Cooper University Hospital was named by Philadelphia Business Journal as a “Best Place to Work.” The “Best Places to Work” program ranks the top employers in the Delaware Valley from feedback provided by their own employees. Cooper was evaluated against hundreds of other organizations throughout Philadelphia and South Jersey and won in the “Large Employers” category which compares organizations with more than 5,000 employees.

Dr. Joseph Lombardi, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Cooper University Hospital and Director of the Cooper Aortic Center, assisted by Dr. Frank Caputo, Attending Vascular Surgeon at Cooper University Hospital, performed the very first FDA-Approved Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft case in the State of New Jersey.

Cooper University Hospital – home to South Jersey’s only dedicated aortic program – is among the first in the nation to offer fenestrated endografts for treating complex abdominal aortic aneurysms, and the only hospital in the region currently doing so.

Staff from Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper gratefully accepted a generous donation from Erick’s Place.  The organization’s supporters collected 124 pairs of pajamas in varying sizes, along with $125 in Wawa gift cards, for pediatric patients and their families.  Pictured left to right with pajamas in hand are Valari Zee of the Child Life Program, Sabrina Umstead Smith, founder of Erick’s Place, Roosevelt Smith of Erick’s Place, and Brittany Spaeth of the Child Life Program. Read more.

Staff from Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper gratefully accepted a generous donation from Erick’s Place.  The organization’s supporters collected 124 pairs of pajamas in varying sizes, along with $125 in Wawa gift cards, for pediatric patients and their families.  Pictured left to right with pajamas in hand are Valari Zee of the Child Life Program, Sabrina Umstead Smith, founder of Erick’s Place, Roosevelt Smith of Erick’s Place, and Brittany Spaeth of the Child Life Program. Read more.

On August 10, 2012, Cooper University Hospital celebrated 125 years of service to South Jersey by throwing a party for employees. The festivities included fun Olympic inspired games; wheel chair races, medicine ball throwing competitions and egg relay races. It was a monumental day for the hospital as our vision to provide the best possible care for our community continues into the next 125 years. Read more.

In “School Struggles,” the follow-up to his highly successful first book, “The Shut-Down Learner,” Dr. Richard Selznick offers perspective and understanding developed over his 25 years of working with thousands of academically struggling kids and their families.

The Cooper Foundation of Cooper University Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 will host its final “Summer in the City” concert of the season with a free evening performance by the Hector Rosado Latin Band at Lanning Square Park.