By Nadir Ahmad, MD, FACS
Head of the Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper
The incidence rate of throat cancer has spiked nearly 225 percent over the past 20 to 30 years, particularly in younger, otherwise healthy men without the traditional risk factors of cigarette and alcohol use.… Read more.
Based on feedback from our employees, we are partnering with Rowan University to offer an onsite Graduate Certificate Program in Business starting this fall. The first course we will be offering is “Designing, Developing, and Leading High Performance Organizations.”… Read more.
Here at Cooper, we are fortunate to have five female trauma surgeons on staff, comprising 50 percent of our trauma surgery staff of physicians. This complement of female trauma surgeons is almost unheard of in trauma centers around the country where many do not even have one female trauma surgeon on staff.… Read more.
MRI Safety and Education Week was founded several years ago to celebrate and promote excellence in MRI safety, and always occurs in July. This is the anniversary of the tragic 2001 MRI accident at a New York hospital that resulted in the death of young Michael Colombini, age 6, who died when a portable steel oxygen cylinder was brought into the MRI room during his exam.… Read more.
A safety culture is sustaining a culture that works to consistently minimize adverse events despite carrying out complex work.
The Culture of Safety survey will launch on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, and will be open through Friday, August 31, 2018.… Read more.
Thank you to everyone who attended the mid-point weigh-in and seminar—it was great to see you there!
If you missed the event in person, the video version of the “Snack Attack” seminar is now available on the Strive Portal.… Read more.
All employees are invited to attend this workshop presented by the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The workshop will teach attendees how to use gentle, self-applied acupressure to calm stress and greatly reduce pain through a non-medication, mind-body method.… Read more.
Catherine Morrison, Director of Transitional Care at Cooper, represented Dysautonomia International at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Friday, July 13, 2018. Catherine was joined by her daughter Courtney, her granddaughter Elle, and Courtney’s service dog Emma.… Read more.
If you haven’t received your Cooper chair yet, you may pick it up from Cooper Solutions Center now through Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Cooper Solutions Center is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.… Read more.
This past Monday, our new Emergency Department (ED) building (iTrack) successfully opened. Thank you to everyone who made the opening a success.
In order to improve the safety and experience for our patients and employees, we are preparing for a number of other renovations in the hospital.… Read more.