Appendectomy is the most common emergency abdominal surgery performed on children under age 14, yet appendicitis remains one of the most challenging diagnoses.
Computed tomography (CT) is the gold standard for diagnosing adults, but children are 10 times more sensitive …
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) recent ly announced that Comcast Corp. executive and Rowan alumnus Lawrence J. Salva and his wife, Rita, donated $1.055 million to CMSRU to establish the Lawrence & Rita Salva Medical Scholars Fund at …
The Cooper Urological Institute now offers on-site shock wave lithotripsy for the treatment of kidney and ureteral stones and is the only facility in South Jersey that accepts Medicaid patients.
The non-invasive, outpatient procedure is completed in about an hour …
“With the robot, we can extend the opportunity for minimally invasive procedures to patients with more complex issues who previously were not candidates for conventional laparoscopy,” says David P. Warshal, MD, Director of the Gynecologic Cancer Center at the Cooper …
The Joint Replacement Team at the Cooper Bone and Joint Institute offers a unique approach to pain management for joint replacement patients. Orthopaedic surgeons Stuart Gordon, MD, FAAOS, and Douglas Tase, MD, FAAOS, joined the joint replacement team in late …
Decreased sexual activity and function are common in patients with cardiovascular disease. Physicians now have scientifically-based guidelines to help encourage patients to begin talking about this delicate subject.
“Sexual intimacy is a significant quality-of-life issue for heart patients and their …
Cooper is the newest formal member of the Armed Forces Institute on Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM), a multi-institutional and interdisciplinary network of 200-plus engineers, scientists, and physician-researchers from over 30 healthcare institutions and universities across the United States.
AFIRM’s research is …
One of the most striking changes in the healthcare landscape over the past several years has been the rising medical complexity of patients undergoing surgery. This change has led to a national call for more advanced levels of collaboration and …
Advanced Therapies, Clinical Excellence, Rapid Transport
In the management of critically ill pulmonary patients, superior outcomes are often dependent on access to a crucial combination of care: experts at the bedside, advanced medical, minimally invasive and surgical therapeutic modalities, and …
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) has been awarded a $795,000, 5-year HRSA grant to launch an innovative curriculum for addressing the national shortage of primary care physicians while helping to improve the health of Camden residents. This is …