Inside Cooper

Event honors Donna and Rick Forman for leadership, philanthropy, and community impact

(Camden, NJ) –The Cooper Foundation’s 15th Annual Red Hot Gala has raised close to $4 million in support of Cooper University Health Care, while honoring Donna and Rick Forman for their remarkable leadership, transformative philanthropy, and steadfast commitment to Cooper and the South Jersey community.

Close to 1,000 business leaders, philanthropists, and community advocates will gather tonight at the TRIAD1828 CENTRE on the Camden waterfront to celebrate this milestone event and stand behind Cooper’s mission. Read more.

Offering addiction medicine services to residents in Burlington County

(Willingboro, NJ) – The Cooper Center for Healing, Cooper University Health Care’s Division of Addiction Medicine, is expanding to Burlington County, joining the Cooper Primary and Specialty Care at JFK office in Willingboro, NJ.

“Addiction knows no geographical boundaries. We want to offer our critical services far and wide across South Jersey,” said Rachel Haroz, MD, FAACT, head of Cooper Center for Healing. Read more.

Cooper delivers advanced cardiovascular care through a sustainable quality improvement program

 (Camden, NJ)  — The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has recognized Cooper University Hospital for its demonstrated commitment to comprehensive, high-quality cardiovascular care. Cooper was awarded the HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence based on its achievement of rigorous accreditation criteria and ongoing performance registry reporting.

Cooper University Hospital earned the ACC HeartCARE Center designation upon meeting a comprehensive set of standards, including participation in at least two ACC Accreditation Services programs, engagement in National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR®) registries, and involvement in targeted quality improvement initiatives. Read more.

(Camden, NJ) — Cooper University Health Care has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Gold Plus Quality Achievement Awards in both stroke and heart failure care. These honors recognize Cooper’s ongoing commitment to delivering the highest-quality, evidence-based treatment for these conditions, in accordance with nationally recognized, research-backed guidelines. Such adherence results in more lives saved, faster recoveries, and fewer hospital readmissions. Read more.

To align with best practices for efficiency and security, Cooper will accept the following forms of payment for office visits beginning Tuesday, September 2, 2025:

• Debit cards and credit cards.

• Health savings account (HSA) or flexible spending account (FSA) cards.

• Checks (paper or eCheck).

• Money orders.

• Mobile payments via Apple Pay or Google Pay.

This change will streamline check-in, minimize errors, reduce risk, and provide a more seamless experience for our patients. Read more.

CAMDEN, NJ — Cooper University Health Care has been awarded a $19,300 grant through the Camden Food Security Collective, supported by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and administered by the Food Bank of South Jersey. This funding will enhance Cooper’s ongoing efforts to combat food insecurity and address related social needs in Camden through its Community Health Worker (CHW) program.

As part of this initiative, Cooper’s CHW team will provide on-site support at eight corner stores across Camden in partnership with The Food Trust, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization working to ensure access to healthy, affordable food in urban communities, including Camden. Read more.

On Saturday, July 26, 2025, Camden Mayor Victor G. Carstarphen and Councilman Angel Fuentes proudly joined community members, friends, and family to celebrate the official renaming of a city street in honor of longtime Cooper team member Josefina “Josie” Rosa.

Josefina Rosa Way now stands as a lasting tribute to a woman whose warmth, resilience, and commitment to others have left a profound mark on both Cooper University Health Care and the Camden community. Read more.

Stories in Care, Cooper University Health Care’s multi-award-winning oral history video series documenting frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been officially accepted into the Library of Congress. The series is now part of the American Folklife Center’s “Stories from the COVID-19 Pandemic” collection.

Produced in collaboration with Narrative Media, the two-season, 22-episode documentary captures the raw, emotional experiences of physicians, nurses, and staff in Cooper’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during the earliest and most uncertain days of the pandemic. Read more.

(Camden, NJ) – Cooper University Health Care, once again, has been recognized among the best hospitals in New Jersey and the Philadelphia metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 “Best Hospitals” survey. The survey released today ranks Cooper as #7 in New Jersey and #7 in the Philadelphia Metro area, up from #11 last year, reinforcing its position as the leading academic health system in southern New Jersey. Read more.

You can hear Lonnie Garrett before you can see him. Great booms of laughter—his and whoever else’s that he’s cracking up—announce his arrival. And when he does get to you, you understand why this man leaves so many smiles in his wake. He beams positivity as he greets each person in the room.

That radiant personality helps to imagine the scene when he was arrested at the end of 2022. Read more.