Cooper’s Structural Heart Disease Program Performs 1000th TAVR Procedure

The cardiac care team from Cooper’s Structural Heart Disease Program recently performed its 1000th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure. The procedure was successfully performed on a 71-year-old South Jersey man.

“This represents a major milestone and the culmination of many years of training and experience for the Structural Heart Program and team since starting the TAVR program in 2012,” said Philip A.… Read more.

In Case You Missed It! Nursing Insights: Leading Through the Pandemic and Beyond

In honor of National Nurses Week, guest speaker Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, presented to the nursing team “Leading Through the Pandemic and Beyond.”

Dr. Begley is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, and Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of the American Hospital Association. … Read more.

Cooper Partners With Horizon BC/BS of NJ to Tackle Social Barriers to Health Through New Initiative

Cooper University Health Care has partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) to deploy community health workers (CHWs) in Camden as part of an innovative program – Horizon Neighbors in Health – that is improving health, reducing inpatient hospital stays and emergency department visits, and increasing behavioral and specialty care visits by addressing social barriers to health.… Read more.

May Is Better Speech and Hearing Month

Speech-language pathologists, also called SLPs, work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.

  • Speech disorders occur when a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly or fluently or has problems with his or her voice or resonance.
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