yce Racer Scholarship presentation was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.The 2nd year student, to be considered for this award must have maintained a minimum 3.0 GPA, has written a short essay on why she/he chose the field of Medical Radiography, which includes one or two points on what excited the student during their rotations at clinical education settings...

Nearly 100 million Americans — two-thirds of the adult population — are overweight or obese. Numerous studies show that diet and exercise alone are not as effective for people who are 75 to 100 pounds overweight. As South Jersey’s healthcare leader, Cooper University Hospital is pleased to introduce a new weight loss program for patients that uses state-of-the-art minimally invasive surgical techniques to achieve optimal weight loss results.

This week, Lori B. Feldman-Winter, MD, Head of Adolescent Medicine at Cooper, and breastfeeding specialist, was featured on Memorial Health eRadio about the importance of breastfeeding with tips for new mothers on how to exclusively breastfeed once the baby is born.

Physicians came from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland to attend the quarterly meeting of the South Jersey Pathology Society, of which Cooper Chief of Pathology Roland Schwarting, MD, is president.

Have you noticed the 24 young adults, dressed in business suits, who assemble in the Roberts Pavilion at the crack of dawn on Friday mornings? Perhaps you’ve seen them touring the hospital or waiting outside the Sim Lab on Kelemen 9? These men and women are among the approximately 300 students who are being interviewed for one of the 50 spots in the charter class of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU).

Cooper University Hospital congratulates the Camden Coalition which has been awarded $3.45 million award from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation to allow the Coalition to build upon their already successful Diabetes Collaborative by intensely focusing on 2-3 primary care practices that will each receive tens of thousands of dollars in human, clinical, technological, and financial resources over the next 5 years.

Cooper University Hospital would like to congratulate Patty A. Vitale, MD, MPH, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Cooper, on the release of her first book: Population Based Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Advanced Practice.

New moms, who are Cooper University Hospital employees, will now have a new comfortable and safe environment to pump milk after returning to work from maternity leave. In its continued efforts to join the global Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, Cooper has created a Lactation Lounge where employees can continue a breastfeeding routine that works for them and their babies.

CAMDEN, N.J.—On Sunday morning, November 6, 2011, the historic Ben Franklin Bridge will close to allow thousands of runners and walkers to participate in this year’s Cooper Norcross Run the Bridge, presented by AmeriHealth New Jersey.

The newly formed Domestic Violence Response Team at Cooper University Hospital is the only one of its kind in the state. The all-volunteer team, which was created in conjunction with the Camden County Women’s Center, makes Cooper the only hospital in New Jersey with a dedicated Domestic Violence Response Team.