Cooper is the first hospital in South Jersey to earn Comprehensive Stroke Center certification from the Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stoke Association. This makes Cooper part of an elite group of hospitals. It’s a big deal.
“This …
Cooper is the first and, to date, only hospital in New Jersey to offer bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) therapy for patients with severe COPD/emphysema and hyperinflation. This minimally invasive procedure has been shown to help appropriately selected patients to …
As a respected Center of Excellence in caring for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), Cooper is home to South Jersey’s only formal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program—giving the region’s residents access to this lifesaving therapy closer to home.…
“It’s rapidly progressive and quite aggressive, and many women at the time of diagnosis already have lymph node involvement,” says breast surgeon Catherine Loveland-Jones, MD, associate director of the Janet Knowles Breast Cancer Center at MD Anderson Cancer Center …
“Obesity is a complex chronic disease, and it’s unlikely to be fixed in one session,” says Rohit A. Patel, MD, FACS, Director of Cooper’s Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. “That’s why a team approach like ours is more likely …
“Only one in a thousand women are diagnosed with cancer when they’re pregnant,” says maternal-fetal medicine and cancer and pregnancy specialist Elyce H. Cardonick, MD, Director of Cooper’s Cancer and Childbirth Registry. “In many cases, the patient’s obstetrician never …
When Cook Medical recently received FDA approval for its Zenith® Dissection Endovascular System, it was a major milestone for Cooper—which served as the flagship institution for the clinical trial that led to the device’s clearance.
“This is the first and …
“Reflux disease is not necessarily a benign condition,” warns thoracic surgeon David D. Shersher, MD, Co-Director of the Cooper Aerodigestive Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and Cooper Digestive Health Institute. “For high-risk patients with medically refractory GERD, …
Each year, thousands of South Jersey women are referred to Cooper’s maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialists for their expertise in high-risk pregnancies. With seven fellowship-trained, board-certified perinatologists, Cooper’s MFM team offers a level of experience and accessibility that is unrivalled in …
If there’s one message that Matthew Moront, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Surgery at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, wants to communicate to the region’s referring physicians, it’s this: “We have the expertise to handle easily 90 percent of the …