Sepsis kills 250,000 Americans annually yet there is no FDA approved treatment; three drugs recently removed from market or failed clinical studies

When her nineteen-year-old cousin Katie was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in November 2011, Meghan Vizzard of Mount Laurel wanted to make her a gift that would provide some comfort to her once she began her treatment. It was a handmade fleece blanket that Katie used every day during her nine week course of chemotherapy.

Published as the lead article in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Joseph V. Lombardi MD, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, discusses the results of the STABLE trial for the minimally invasive treatment for Type B aortic dissection.

Dr. Joseph Lombardi and Dr. Eanas Yassa discuss various products available for repairing abdominal aortic aneurysm in minimally invasive fashion in the cover story in Endovascular Today.

Six months ago, Cooper University Hospital began working with the new ABC daytime show, The Revolution. More than 60 Cooper nurses auditioned to participate and in October 2011, four lucky women – Delia Larson, Ebony Marinnie, Christina Fox and Stephanie Jennings – began their journey toward health and wellness while the cameras rolled.

The International Aortic Summit, co-founded by Joseph V. Lombardi MD, will hold its second annual meeting in Venice from June 21st - 23rd, 2012. The world leaders in aortic surgery will give presentations on their research and new technology applications to aortic disease.

Cooper Vascular Surgeons discuss the benefits of a thriving Vascular Surgery program to a health system in this article in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

The Cooper Health System has appointed Jayashree Raman as Vice President and Chief Information Officer.

On Tuesday, March 20th, nearly 100 school nurses, coaches and athletic trainers from across the Delaware Valley joined Cooper in Schools at The Westin in Mount Laurel for their third annual Continuing Education Symposium “Stronger Children, Stronger Communities.”

Attached are two photos from last evening’s for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Third Annual “Change the Luck of a Child” Phone Bank which aired on CBS 3. Cooper was a sponsor of the event. Cooper employees staffed phones from 7-8pm.