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Mermaids Visit Young Patients at Cooper University Health Care

Sapphire and Nixie, mermaids from Adventure Aquarium  in Camden stopped by Cooper University Health Care on Friday, November 2, 2018  to meet and greet with young patients, their families, and staff. The Mermaids are visiting the Adventure Aquarium for a special promotion which continues through November 11, 2018.

Medical students and pediatric residents enjoyed the visit as much as the young patients!

Cooper Teams Up With United Way to Install a Born Learning Trail at Camden's Farnham Park

  CAMDEN, N.J. – Twenty-five employee volunteers from Cooper University Health Care joined representatives from the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey (UWGPSNJ) and the Parkside Business and Community In Partnership, Inc. to install a new Born Learning Trail at Farnham Park in the Parkside neighborhood of Camden on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. This new park feature is the first Born Learning Trail in Camden County.

 Generously supported by The Cooper Foundation, a Born Learning Trail is a series of 10 signs accompanied by colorful shapes and designs painted on the walkway that enhance the learning experience. The Trail is an interactive, playful, and visible community engagement tool that gives caregivers and children opportunity to participate in outdoor learning activities that support school readiness and long-term success.

 “Children are born learning,” said Susan Bass Levin, president and CEO of The Cooper Foundation. “We’re proud to support a project that encourages children and caregivers to get outdoors to play and learn together.”

 Employees from Cooper University Health Care installed the signs and painted the designs on the walkway as part of Cooper’s commitment to giving back to the City of Camden.

 “Together with dedicated partners like The Cooper Foundation, UWGPSNJ fights for youth success throughout our region,” said John Emge, vice president and regional executive director, UWGPSNJ. “The new Born Learning Trail will be a wonderful addition to Farnham Park and will foster quality, early learning opportunities for children in our communities.”

 

About The Cooper Foundation

The Cooper Foundation serves as the philanthropic, community outreach and community development arm of Cooper University Health Care, one of the largest health care systems in southern New Jersey with more than 100 outpatient offices and its flagship, Cooper University Hospital located in Camden, N.J.

 

About United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, serving communities in Pennsylvania’s Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, and New Jersey’s Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, and Cumberland counties, is part of a national network of more than 1,300 locally governed organizations that work to create lasting positive changes in communities and in people’s lives. United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in every community. In Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, United Way fights for youth success and family stability because we LIVE UNITED against intergenerational poverty. For more information about United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey visit www.UnitedForImpact.org.

 

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Subaru and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Deliver ‘Gestures of Hope’ to Cancer Patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper

(CAMDEN) – Executives from Subaru of America’s corporate headquarters and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) delivered messages of hope and 100 specially made blankets to outpatients at MD Anderson at Cooper to help encourage patients and keep them warm as they continue their fight against cancer.

 “This is such a generous and kind gesture from our friends from Subaru of America, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,” said Adrienne Kirby, PhD, FACHE, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer at Cooper University Health Care. “The blankets and the notes of encouragement will mean a lot to our patients – just as it does to us. Thank you so much for thinking of us and for your commitment to helping cancer patients.”

  The event was part of an initiative by Subaru of America and LLS to provide much needed support and “warmth” to cancer patients and their families in communities across the country. Throughout the summer, visitors to participating Subaru retailers wrote messages of hope for cancer patients as part of the Subaru Loves to Care initiative. More than 105,000 blankets have been donated to cancer patients nationwide since the program began.

Non-Profit Organization Delivers Toys for Young Patients at Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper

 

 

(Camden) -- Former NJ State Senator Raymond Lesniak and representatives from the non-profit organization Toys for Hospitalized Children visited Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper University Health Care to brighten the day of young patients with gifts of toys and music.

 Toys for Hospitalized Children is a non-profit organization founded in 1953 to bring smiles and healing to sick children. Since its inception in 1953, Toys for Hospitalized Children has brought smiles to 950,000 children in 150 hospitals in 10 states with gifts and toys. Each year, it distributes more than 20,000 toys and gifts at hospitals, institutions, and special needs facilities.

Cooper 2 Joins Life-Saving Air Medical Transport Service

 

(Camden City, NJ) Cooper University Health Care has expanded its life-saving air medical transport service to the South Jersey community with the addition of a new helicopter. Cooper has been providing this vital service to residents of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem counties since 2010.

First six months of naloxone initiative yielding impactful results during public health crisis

(Camden City, NJ)(July 31, 2018)(CNBNewsnet) – Seven months ago the Freeholder Board, Camden County Chief’s Association, and health care providers came to the table with a plan to fund the life-saving tool, naloxone, for all police officers in the county. Since that time more than 480 naloxone reversals were deployed county-wide providing a critical antidote to the fatal effects of an opioid-induced overdose. 

Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli lauded the healthcare systems for tearing down the obstacles to getting access to this life-saving antidote and applauded the officers on the street administering it. 

“For police, today, having naloxone on their belt or in their car is no different than carrying their radio, handcuffs, and firearm,” Cappelli said. “This is another tool that they can use to save a life and I’ve spoken to officers that have deployed it more than 25 different times to protect the sanctity of life.”    

Cooper Opens Expanded Emergency Department

(CAMDEN CITY, NJ)(JULY 11, 2018)-- Today, Cooper University Health Care opened a new 5,500 square-foot addition to its Emergency Department (ED) featuring 10 state-of-the-art exam rooms that will improve the patient experience and reduce wait times.

 “Cooper has one of the busiest emergency departments in the region as the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey, this addition will help us better serve our community and improve the patient experience in the ED,” said Kevin O’Dowd, JD, co-president of Cooper University Health Care.

Breast Cancer Patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Are Benefitting From the Generosity of Local Knitters

(Camden City, NJ(July 11, 2018)-- A South Jersey group of knitters is teaming up with Cooper University Health Care to help women diagnosed with breast cancer. As affiliates of Knitted Knockers, a nationwide non-profit, the volunteers are creating hand-knitted prosthetic breasts for women who have undergone mastectomies or other breast procedures.

 
In the past year, the group has provided more than 50 sets, which come in a variety of sizes and colors, to patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper.

Cooper Cardiologist Named Medical Director of Cardiac Services at Premier Cadbury of Cherry Hill

Fredric L. Ginsberg, MD, FACC, FACCP

 

(Camden City, NJ) (July 6, 2018)– Fredric L. Ginsberg, MD, FACC, FACCP, a clinical cardiologist and co-medical director of the Cooper Heart Institute, has been named medical director of cardiac services at Premier Cadbury of Cherry Hill. Premier Cadbury is a continuing care retirement community that offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and sub-acute rehabilitation, as well as long-term care.

 In his new role, Dr. Ginsberg will oversee Cadbury’s cardiac program for individuals undergoing treatment and rehabilitation for heart failure and other cardiac conditions. Dr. Ginsberg will work collaboratively with Premier Cadbury’s team of nurse practitioners; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; and social services staff to provide cardiac patients with a comprehensive plan of care. The goals of the program are to help patients better manage their disease, reduce hospital readmissions and emergency room visits, and shorten length of stays in the hospital setting.

Cooper University Health Care Employee Nationally Recognized

 (Camden City, NJ)(July 6, 2018)- - The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) recently awarded Cooper University Health Care employee Priscilla J. Peters, BA, RDCS, FASE, with the Cardiovascular Sonographer Distinguished Teacher Award. This prestigious national recognition is awarded to a sonographer instructor who is attentive to cardiovascular sonography professional values and who exhibits values of leadership and dedication to the field of echocardiography.

 Peters, an educator and specialist in Cooper’s Echocardiology Department, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU), has been with Cooper since 2004. She is extensively published in a wide range of professional journals and text books, and has a passion for improving the practice of echocardiography. To this end, Peters has organized three regional courses in congenital heart disease in adults and children.

 

 

American Heart Association Recognizes Cooper University Health Care’s Commitment to Quality Stroke Care

Cooper University Health Care Receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award With Target: Stroke Honor Roll

Cooper University Health Care received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines^®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke^SM Honor Roll. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Members of Cooper EMS Team Recognized for Outstanding Work by Camden County Police Dept

(Camden, NJ) - Five members of the Cooper University Hospital EMS team were honored by the Camden County Metro Police Department for heroic work during an incident that occurred in March. The quarterly award presentation took place at Rowan University’s Camden campus and was presided over by NBC 10’s news anchor Vai Sikahema.

MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Participating in Lung Cancer Early Detection Study

 

 (Camden, NJ) -- MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper has joined a Lung Cancer Early Detection study aimed at improving lung cancer screening methods for those at risk. The study is part of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Moon Shots Program^TM, a collaborative effort to accelerate advances that save patients’ lives.

Cooper Honors Trauma Surgeon With “Military Employee of the Year” Award

Camden City, NJ) On May 22, 2018, Cooper University Health Care presented the 2018 Cooper Military Employee of the Year Award to trauma surgeon John Chovanes, DO, FACS, LTC, USAR MC, at a pre-Memorial Day celebration for Cooper employees who are veterans and/or active military.

The Cooper Military Employee of the Year Award – which will be presented annually – was established to formally recognize the outstanding contributions a Cooper staff member has made to the health system, the community, and the nation, as well as in support of Cooper’s mission to serve, to heal, to educate.

“Today we are proud to honor our friend and colleague,” said Anthony J. Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE, co-president of Cooper University Health Care. “Cooper has a tremendous commitment to our service men and women and our military veterans and especially to members of our own Cooper family who have served or are currently serving in our nation’s armed forces.” 

Cooper University Health Care Announces Winner of First “Cooper Civic Leadership Award”

(Camden City NJ) - Shenelle Alexander, an undergraduate nursing student at Rutgers University-Camden, was named as the first winner of the $1,000 Cooper Civic Leadership Award at the Seventh Annual Chancellor’s Awards for Civic Engagement held April 26, 2018.

  Cooper University Health Care established the Civic Leadership Award earlier this year to honor a Rutgers University-Camden student who exemplifies outstanding service to the Camden community.

 “We are proud to honor Shenelle Alexander with the inaugural Cooper Civic Leadership Award,” said Anthony Welch, Cooper University Health Care’s vice president of government and community relations, who presented the award at the ceremony held on the Rutgers-Camden campus. “Shenelle embodies the spirit of Cooper’s mission to serve, to heal, to educate and is a role model among her peers. We believe that Shenelle’s story will encourage even more Rutgers students to serve the people of this great city.”

 Alexander, who also serves as a resident assistant with the Office of Housing and Residence Life on the Rutgers-Camden campus, has been actively involved in service both on and off campus through volunteering for clean-ups at Petty’s Island, worked as a volunteer coordinator for JumpStart where she organized a Read Across America Celebration for Dr. Seuss, and served as a Civic Scholar who commits 300 hours of service in Camden. This past year, Alexander transitioned her passion for civic engagement to align with her professional skills and interest and began serving as a confidential sexual assault advocate with the Center for Family Services. She recently was selected as a nurse associate at Cooper University Hospital.

 “Rutgers University-Camden is respected as a model for civically engaged universities in America,” says Nyeema Watson, associate chancellor for civic engagement at Rutgers-Camden. “While national recognition is gratifying, the impact that Rutgers is making upon the families and neighborhoods in Camden and across South Jersey is how we measure success. This annual award from Cooper will allow a Rutgers-Camden student to continue his or her work in our community, and will inspire other young people to become the next generation of civic leaders in South Jersey.”

 

 

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