This week, in support of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women and to raise awareness of cardiovascular disease in women, Cooper will illuminate the One Cooper Plaza light box and the Roberts Pavilion lobby in red.

The New Jersey Hospital Association today presented Cooper epidemiologist Annette C. Reboli, MD, attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Cooper University Health Care and vice dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), with its 2016 Healthcare Professional of the Year award.

Dr. Reboli was honored for her clinical and leadership skills, which have had a significant impact on patient care throughout the health system and in the success of New Jersey’s newest medical school. Read more.

Cooper University Hospital is the first in New Jersey and one of only eight hospitals in the nation to achieve the International Geriatric Fracture Society’s (IGFS) Premier Level CORE Certification for its Geriatric Fracture Care Program. This certification recognizes health care organizations that display a commitment to improving the way fractures in senior adults are managed from prevention efforts through treatment, recovery and beyond.

Polaris Health Directions and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Leverage Wearable Technology to emPOWER A New Generation of Support for Breast Cancer Patients

The efforts of the Camden Higher Education and Healthcare Task Force continue to benefit the entire City of Camden, having a total economic impact in 2014 exceeding $2 billion and generating more than 2,300 new jobs at its anchor institutions—CAMcare, Camden County College, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Cooper University Health Care, Lourdes Health System, Rowan University/Rutgers Camden Board of Governors, Rutgers-Camden and Virtua—according to an economic impact report released earlier today at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper.

On Monday, November 9, 2015, executives, physicians and nurses from Cooper University Health Care visited H.B. Wilson Elementary School to kick-off a sweatshirt distribution to all Camden students in grades K-8. The event was designed to promote health and wellness and to increase community pride. The specially branded “Camden” sweatshirts were donated by The Cooper Foundation.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper is excited to be a collaborating partner and sponsor of the Prostate Cancer Evidence Academy, which will be held on Friday, November 13, 2015, in Philadelphia.

Friday, November 13, 2015
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Inn at Penn
3600 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19104

The Prostate Cancer Evidence Academy will be a one-day conference to present the latest evidence, research and model programs that are proven effective or being studied to improve prostate cancer prevention, control, treatment and survivorship. Read more.

Cooper has won the coveted Consumer Choice Award for 2015-2016. The annual National Research Corporation (NCR) award identifies hospitals across the United States that have been chosen by health care consumers as having the highest quality and the best image. This is the 10^th year Cooper has received this honor.

The winners, named in Modern Healthcare magazine, are selected based on consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the NRC’s Market Insights Survey, the largest online consumer health care survey in the country. Read more.

The First Annual Advanced Practice Provider Symposium to be held on Saturday, November 14, 2015, at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University has been rescheduled and will be held in spring 2016. Please stay tuned for more details.

Cooper University Health Care extends hearty congratulations to the Ripa family, as Kelly Ripa received her star on the renowned Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday in Los Angeles.  The Ripa Center for Women’s Health and Wellness at Cooper in Voorhees serves thousands of women in South Jersey through primary care, radiology services, OB/GYN care, medical specialties just for women, and complementary health education and fitness classes.  Read more.