Come help us honor Jeremy Witcher, Critical Care Tech III, from the Kelemen North/South 8 Medical/Surgical Telemetry unit, as the July Employee of the Month.

Employee of the Month Celebration
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
3 p.m.… Read more.

The Oasis Restaurant, located in the Roberts Pavilion of Cooper University Hospital, is offering these specials Monday through Friday for the week of July 30 through August 3, 2018.

Appetizer: Philly Cheesesteak Eggrolls
$6.99
Beef, cheese, and onions wrapped in flaky dough and deep fried golden brown.… Read more.

The barbeque and cooking demonstration were a success! Many of you joined us for a hybrid lecture and cooking demonstration and learned everything you need to know about healthy barbecuing. Participants learned how to prepare healthy rubs, marinades, side salads, and salsas.… Read more.

Cooper employees are invited to a free concert put on by Symphony in C Youth Orchestra on Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 9:15 a.m. in the Roberts Pavilion lobby of Cooper University Hospital (area just outside of the Oasis Restaurant).… Read more.

The lymphedema management program at Cooper University Health Care includes three certified lymphedema therapists (two physical therapists and one physical therapy assistant) who have completed accredited training programs. We treat individuals with primary (genetic/congenital) or secondary lymphedema which is caused by trauma, surgery, lymph node dissection, radiation, or chronic venous insufficiency.… Read more.

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.