Each year, over 1.4 million patients and their families trust us with their health. Were you one of them?
Apply to be part of Cooper’s Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC). You’ll be part of a meaningful partnership with Cooper health care providers to empower the voices of patients and caregivers so that we can continue to put our patients first. Read more.
The Cooper Foundation has received a gift of $2.2 million to fund specialized research at Cooper University Health Care to explore the role of a unique line of cells in certain cancers, wound healing, and vision. The donation will also facilitate expansion of basic science research at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
The funding was provided by a grateful former patient of Richard D. Read more.
Edit: The deadline has been extended to Monday, August 14, 2017.
Summer is just beginning. But The Cooper Foundation is on a mission!
Do you remember the excitement of getting a new backpack for school? Cooper is teaming up once again with its neighborhood school to provide backpacks to every student scholar enrolled at KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy.
Organize your coworkers to collect donations.More bells are ringing at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper! On Friday, June 2, 2017, 27-year-old Kathryn (Kate) Sullivan, who was diagnosed with lymphoma, celebrated the end of her treatments. She is pictured with her mother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, fiancé, and sister.
We also love the shirts Kate’s sister made: #chemofinito! Congratulations, Kate!
Lymphoma is a cancer that can impact the blood, marrow, and lymphatic tissue. Read more.
Last year, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper expanded its services with the opening of a new and specialized 30-bed, all private-room, inpatient oncology unit on the fifth floor of the Roberts Pavilion. Today, Cooper leadership, staff, and former patients were welcomed back to celebrate a year of hope and healing.
Today’s event marked an important milestone in MD Anderson Cooper’s continued determination to provide the best care for cancer patients in this state-of-the-art unit, which saw 1,637 admissions in its first year. Read more.
Cooper University Health Care has received reverification as a Level I Trauma Center and a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), an ad hoc committee of the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Cooper, one of only three state-designated Level I trauma centers, is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year, and has been serving South Jersey as the state-designated Level I trauma center for 35 years. Read more.
At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees by providing competitive rates and compensation, a comprehensive employee benefits programs, attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development. Read more.
We’re so excited to share these photos of Elizabeth Pluck, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in June 2016. Last week, 19-year-old Elizabeth successfully completed her treatment and her scans are clear. Elizabeth rang the bell on P5 with her mother by her side.
Congratulations, Elizabeth!
Cooper University Health Care isn’t just another health care employer. We are a world-class organization with resources, expertise and innovation that can’t be found anywhere else in southern New Jersey.
The Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper is well-recognized as a leader in the care of infants and children. With 64 beds, the nonprofit hospital is South Jersey’s only pediatric hospital. Specialty services include intensive care for infants and children, pediatric emergency care, neonatal and pediatric transport and pediatric specialty clinics. Read more.
Congratulations to the following recipients of the Cooper Foundation‘s 2017 Cancer Research Grants:
Andres Ferber, MD Hematologic Malignancy Research, funded by the DiFlorio family, to Kamyar Nader, MD, “Malignant Hematology Database at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper”. Dr. Nadar will construct a database of malignant hematological conditions, such as Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non Hodgkin’s lymphomas, multiple myeloma, leukemia, myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative disorders. Read more.
