Cooper University Health Care has named Kristina Kelly, RN, of Riverside, NJ, as the most recent DAISY Award winner.

The DAISY Award, established by The DAISY Foundation, is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses every day. It is presented in collaboration with the American Organization of Nurse Executives. Each quarter, Cooper will honor a nurse with The DAISY Award. Read more.

On May 8, 2015, The Lauren Rose Albert Foundation/Mother’s Matter Program visited Cooper University Hospital to deliver more than 100 gift baskets to mothers, grandmothers and caregivers who are hospitalized or have a family member hospitalized and won’t be home for Mother’s Day.

Since Mother’s Day 2001, the Lauren Rose Albert Foundation has reached out to mothers-in- need by donating hundreds of gift baskets overflowing with personal health and beauty care products to various community organizations, charities and health care facilities during the week of Mother’s Day. Read more.

Led by the Pediatric Asthma Care Committee, more than 20 volunteers from around Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper put on the annual Asthma Care Health Fair for first and second graders from Veteran’s Elementary School in Camden.  The 85 students spent the morning learning about asthma signs, symptoms, and triggers.  Students also learned about smoking cessation, pedestrian and water safety, medication safety, healthy eating and exercise.  Read more.

Sunday, April 27 was a beautiful day for Team Cooper members from the NICU, Child Life, Social Work, inpatient and outpatient pediatrics groups, and more to come together and support the Camden County March of Dimes "March for Babies" in Voorhees.

Cooper celebrates its nurses and thanks them for the hard work, dedication and professionalism they exhibit each and every day. We are proud and honored to have them on our team!

New Teen Lounge Opens at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper

The Cooper Foundation, in partnership with the Alicia Rose Victorious Foundation and the Ravitz Family Foundation, today celebrated the opening of the new Teen Lounge at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper.

“This new Teen Lounge is designed to be a special place for our adolescent patients, where they can take a break from their hospital stay, have fun and meet others their own age who can relate to what they are going through,” said Susan Bass Levin, President and CEO of The Cooper Foundation.  Read more.

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, MD, Chairman and Chief of the Department of Surgery and Vice President of Perioperative Services at Cooper University Health Care, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Delaware Valley Vascular Society, presented by Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, President of the Delaware Valley Vascular Society, on April 23, 2015, at the 2015 Annual Meeting held at the Union League of Philadelphia.

Cooper University Health Care is among the five major health systems in southern New Jersey, the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) and the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers that has launched the South Jersey Behavioral Health Innovation Collaborative (SJBHIC) to evaluate the current behavioral health landscape and provide innovative recommendations on how to improve the system.

The Cooper Learning Center has received a $10,000 grant from the Stan McKee Reading Foundation to provide individual learning therapy for children who have been identified in grades K, 1 and 2 as at risk for showing signs of dyslexia in the Brooklawn School District in Camden County, NJ.

On April 13, 2015, employees and staff of Cooper University Health Care “planted” 59 blue pinwheels on the front lawn of the hospital outside the Roberts Pavilion in recognition of National Child Abuse Awareness Month. The pinwheels represent the approximately 59,000 households in Camden County with children under the age of 18. In addition, the exterior of Cooper University Hospital is aglow in blue lights throughout the month of April to bring further awareness.