Stephanie Conners, MBA, RN, BSN, NEA-BC, has joined Cooper University Health Care as Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations and Chief Nursing Officer.

Ms. Conners brings many years of progressive leadership experience in health care to Cooper, much of it in leadership roles driving strategic and operational goals to achieve service, quality and financial results. Ms. Conners was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Read more.

Anthony J. Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Cooper University Health Care. Dr. Mazzarelli has had various roles at Cooper since his arrival in 1999. In his most recent role as the Senior Vice President of Operations and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, he oversaw the reorganization of the Quality and Patient Safety Department, which led Cooper to its recent first-time recognition as a “Top Performer” by The Joint Commission. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care – home to South Jersey’s only dedicated Aortic Center-is among the first in the nation to offer the Nellix® Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing System offered through Endologix.

New, investigational Nellix® EVAS system is a new generation of AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm therapy that is designed to seal the entire aneurysm with a biocompatible polymer. Nellix® is the first and only of its kind. Read more.

On Friday, December 20, 2013, Santa Claus arrived via Cooper Air Two, our air medical transport helicopter, to visit pediatric patients and distribute gifts in a pre-Christmas visit to Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper. While the reindeer were resting up for their big night next week, the pilots and flight crew joined Child Life and other Children’s Regional Hospital staff in visiting young patients and their families. Read more.

The talented and generous 9th- 12th grade choir members of Life Center Academy in Burlington, NJ visited the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper in Camden on December 18, 2013.

The Children’s Regional Center in Camden was buzzing with holiday spirit on Tuesday, December 17 as staff from Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper hosted its annual outpatient holiday party for children and families.

The Cooper Foundation of Cooper University Health Care recently announced a $750,000 pledge from the Johnny M Foundation to establish the Johnny Murabito Child Life Program at the Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper.

Growing up as a daughter of Cooper breast surgeon Dr. Kristin Brill, Grace Bischoff has seen the impact cancer has had on lives.

On December 4, members of the Cooper community gathered in Roberts Pavilion lobby to celebrate the Cooper Trauma Center’s 5th Anniversary of the Season of Hope & Healing.

n recognition of National Palliative Care Month, Cooper University Health Care in conjunction with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and the New Jersey Department of Health sponsored “Innovative Approaches to Advanced Illness Care – A Palliative Care Symposium for Physicians and Health Care Professionals” on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) Auditorium.