Former Cooper Trauma Patient Advocates Safe Driving Through Special Donation After Surviving Deadly Car Accident

Distracted driving, such as texting on a cell phone while behind the wheel of a car, can change a life in a split second. Consequences can be devastating. Nobody knows that more than Alyssa Lesher, 16, of Mt. Laurel, who, in July 2012, was severely injured in a car accident involving a negligent driver and spent more than two weeks in Cooper’s Trauma Intensive Care Unit (TICU).

Avon Breast Health Outreach Program Awards Grant for Breast Cancer Awareness Program to Cooper University Health Care

The Avon Breast Health Outreach Program has awarded a $35,000 one-year grant to Cooper University Health Care’s Cancer Outreach and Screening Program to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. It is the sixth year that the program has received funding from the Avon Foundation for Women to support its work on this important health issue, and in recognition of the program’s excellence.

Cooper Researcher Receives $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Study Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

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.

Cooper Bone & Joint Institute Doctors Talk Sports Medicine On 610 WIP: Rib Muscle Tears & Recovery

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.