Cooper University Health Care and University Radiology Partner to Expand Radiology Services in Cherry Hill

(CHERRY HILL, NJ) – Cooper University Health Care and University Radiology, a leader in subspecialty medical imaging services in New Jersey, have joined in partnership to expand radiology services with a new imaging center in Cherry Hill.

The new University Radiology at Cooper facility is a state-of-the-art imaging center and is located on the ground floor of Cooper’s Cherry Hill campus on Route 70. Read more.

MD Anderson at Cooper Opens New Multi-Service Outpatient Unit in Camden

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper has expanded cancer services in the region with the opening of a new 13,000 square-foot multi-service outpatient unit at its flagship Camden location. The new unit, constructed in previously vacant shell space on the center’s top floor, offers a range of diagnostic and treatment service suites to expand and complement existing services at the cancer center. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Designated as “Top Performer” in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2022 Healthcare Equality Index

Today, Cooper University Health Care has received an evaluation of 90 out of 100 and the designation of “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer” in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 15th anniversary edition of the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI), the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey of healthcare facilities on policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of their LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Donates More Than $50,000 in Medical Supplies to Support Ukrainian Relief Effort

Cooper University Health Care is donating more than $50,000 in medical supplies to help injured and displaced citizens in war-torn country of Ukraine. Cooper’s donation is part of an effort coordinated by the New Jersey Hospital Association and member hospitals in conjunction with the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA).

The donations collected from New Jersey hospitals will be transported from New Jersey to Poland and then will be distributed to selected drop-off points across Ukraine. Read more.

Cardiac Partners at Cooper and Inspira First in Region to Reach Heart Valve Device Milestone

Cardiac Partners Structural Heart team celebrated the 100th successful implantation of the lifesaving Mitral Clip. The Mitral Clip is a device for high-risk heart patients who have a severe form of leaky mitral valve disorder, called mitral regurgitation, and who were deemed too frail or sick to undergo open heart surgery. This new FDA-approved treatment was first offered at Cooper in the Spring of 2019. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Named Among Top 5% of Hospitals in the U.S. for Patient Safety by Healthgrades for Fourth Consecutive Year

Cooper University Health Care today announced that it has been recognized by Healthgrades as a 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient. This distinction places Cooper among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers. Cooper has received the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for four consecutive years (2019-2022) and is the only hospital in South Jersey to achieve the award in 2022. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care is Revolutionizing Neurological Care in the Region With New Specialized Unit to Treat Strokes and Cerebrovascular Disorders

New facility located in the Emergency Department will offer rapid treatments  

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Cooper University Health Care’s Neurological Institute is transforming neurological care in the region with the opening of a new, dedicated Acute Stroke and Neuro Interventional Suite within its Emergency Department – the first of its kind in the nation. Cooper is the first comprehensive stroke center in the United States equipped with the latest generation Siemens Healthineers biplane angiography suite integrated with a CT scanner, providing fully integrated surgical image guidance for minimally invasive treatment of strokes. Read more.

Local Credit Union Supports Cooper University Health Care Frontline Team Members

Thank you to First Harvest Credit Union for providing lunch for some of our hardworking team members on the frontlines this week.  Members of Cooper’s Nursing Leadership team were on hand to greet Ernest Huggard, CPA, president and CEO of First Harvest (fourth from right) and Kenneth Barnshaw, senior vice president of external relations of First Harvest (far right), as they delivered the meals. Read more.

Cooper’s Military, Diplomatic, and Field Surgical Affairs Sponsors Second ASSET Course

Recently, Cooper’s Military, Diplomatic, and Field Surgical Affairs held its 2ndAdvanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) course with Cooper surgical residents, trauma fellows, medical students, U.S. Army OR Techs, LPNs, EMTs and Army health care providers assigned to Cooper participating. Nearly 40 participants spent an intensive day of learning about advanced surgical trauma care in Cooper Medical School of Rowan University’s Anatomy Laboratory with instruction from Cooper’s highly skilled trauma team. Read more.

Keep on Truckin’: NJ Italian American Police Society Say ‘Thank You’ to Nurses at Cooper University Health Care with Unique Donation of Toy Trucks

Members of the New Jersey Italian American Police Society visited Cooper University Health Care to pay tribute to nurses for their efforts throughout the pandemic by donating a supply of collectible toy Hess trucks. Nurses at Cooper will have a chance to win one of the trucks to give to a child in their life through a special giveaway.

“We want to thank the New Jersey Italian American Police Society for thinking of Cooper with this special gift. Read more.