Cooper University Hospital would like to congratulate Gretchen Lawhon, RN, PhD, Clinical Nurse Scientist at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, for receiving the “Advancement in Clinical Applications” award by the March of Dimes New Jersey Chapter.

Jocelyn A. Mitchell-Williams, MD, OBGYN at Cooper and Associate Dean for multi-cultural and community affairs at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, is featured in the January issue of SJ Magazine as one of the people to watch in 2011.

Anna Headly, MD, Internal Medicine physician at Cooper and Director, Undergraduate Medical Education, was interviewed by CBS3 this week for a segment on the flu. There has been an increase in cases in our region and the best prevention is getting vaccinated and washing your hands.

This week, the Courier-Post published an article about a recommendation to merge higher education institutions in South Jersey. George E. Norcross, III, Chairman of Cooper University Hospital's Board of Trustees, said he loves the idea of a South Jersey merger involving Rutgers, Rowan, Cooper Medical School at Rowan and the School of Osteopathic Medicine.

Results from a research study led by Cooper Emergency Medicine physician Brigitte Baumann, MD, received national media coverage this week. The study, which was published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, looked at patient perceptions of CT scans and their cancer risk.

Cooper University Hospital’s Board Chairman, George E. Norcross, III, is calling upon organizations involved in the revitalization of Camden to discuss a resolution to keep some Camden families in their homes as negotiated in 1992 by developer Israel Roizman.

This holiday season, thanks to several generous donations, spirits were bright for the patients at The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper.

If you can’t do the simple things you once did, you may be suffering from a shoulder condition. There are reliable, effective solutions. Join us on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 for a free seminar as Lawrence S. Miller, MD, discusses how you can address chronic pain and regain motion.

Watching the ball drop at midnight or watching yourself drift in and out of consciousness? Lighting the sparklers and watching them glow or seeing the glow from your car as it lights up in flames? This holiday season, what will you decide?

Members of the 9th Floor staff organized an event for a patient who expressed sadness over missing her daughter’s first visit with Santa. The only person that day who did not have tears in her eyes was baby Zoe, who happened to think Santa was pretty great.