Cooper’s Dr. Nitin Puri Named Co-Winner of NJBIZ Physician Health Care Hero of the Year

Cooper University Health Care is proud to announce that Nitin K. Puri, MD, Division Head, Critical Care Medicine and Co-Medical Director, Center for Critical Care Medicine, was named a co-winner of Physician Health Care Hero of the Year by NJBIZ magazine as part of the publication’s annual Health Care Heroes awards.… Read more.

Recognizing Cooper’s Health Care Quality Professionals

During National Health Care Quality Week – October 18 to 24, 2020 – Cooper recognizes our health care quality professionals and their role in ensuring that our patients receive excellent care. Our quality professionals work to enhance care delivery, optimize value, and improve outcomes by leading activities in the following core quality functions:

  • Regulatory and accreditation
  • Quality review and accountability
  • Population health and care transitions
  • Clinical documentation improvement
  • Patient safety
  • Performance improvement
  • Process improvement
  • Health data analytics

Cooper’s quality improvement model is nurse-led and supports every institute, service line, and department.… Read more.

Schwartz Center Rounds: Caring for Those on the Autism Spectrum

All Employees Invited!

Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Noon to 1 p.m. (promptly)

WebEx Event – register for this virtual event at: https://cooper.webex.com/cooper/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6fb5aa1c04964d6cd41250b2b50ea6a2

Click here for the WebEx Events guide.

Physician Champion:
John M. Porter, MD
Head, Division of Trauma Surgery
Director, Center for Trauma Services

Panel:
Laura Gaffney
Robert A.… Read more.

Surgery Grand Rounds: Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Advanced Abdominal Cancers

Speaker: Giorgos Karakousis, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Associate Professor of Surgery

Topic: Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for Advanced Abdominal Cancers

Tuesday, November 3, 2020
7 a.m. to 8 a.m.

Location: Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Auditorium

The Cooper Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.… Read more.

Healthcare Quality Week: October 18 through October 24, 2020

Due to the trend-setting nature of this year, we are going to take a pause on the awarding of the annual quality and safety awards. Instead, the Quality Improvement department wants to recognize and honor the entire Cooper community: Staff, providers, and those working behind the scenes, for pulling together, everyone in their own capacity, and crossing over to wherever they could assist.… Read more.