Press Releases
This portion of Cooperhealth.org provides a selection of press releases and news articles which profile Cooper employees, programs and new procedures. An overview of Cooper University Hospital's facilities and services can be found in our fact sheet, accessible from the menu on the left.
If you are a member of the press and are interested in obtaining more information on any of these stories, please call the Public Relations Department at (856) 382-6449.
Recent Press Releases
2/23/2009
Cooper Receives Major Gift for the Healing Garden
Cooper University Hospital has received a generous gift from Dennis and Cathy DiFlorio of Voorhees, N.J., for the new Cooper Healing Garden to be constructed later this year. (more) |
2/17/2009
“Breast Cancer Awareness Parties” Help Women Learn About Breast Cancer
To help underinsured and uninsured women fight breast cancer, the New Jersey Cancer Education and Early Detection Program at Cooper (Cooper CEED) provides education, free mammograms and clinical breast exams, follow-up care, and support. (more) |
2/3/2009
Cooper University Hospital ICU and CCU Nursing Team Earns Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence
Cooper University Hospital is proud to announce that the Intensive Care Unit and the Coronary Care Unit nursing teams have received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, an award given by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). (more) |
1/27/2009
New State-of-the-Art Neurological Institute Opens at Cooper
Cooper University Hospital recently opened its new multi-specialty, state-of-the-art Neurological Institute located in Camden. (more) |
1/23/2009
Leading Vascular Surgeon Joins Cooper University Hospital
Joseph V. Lombardi, M.D., joins the Department of Surgery at Cooper as the new Head of Vascular Surgery. (more) |
1/21/2009
Cooper University Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center Receives Continued Verification from the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma
The trauma center at Cooper University Hospital has been verified as a Level 1 trauma center by the Committee on Trauma (COT) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). (more) |
1/20/2009
Cooper Cardiac Surgery Program Ranked in Top 14 Percent in the Nation
The Society for Thoracic Surgeons, the largest cardiac surgery society in the United States, has recognized Cooper’s cardiac surgery program among the top 14 percent in the nation. (more) |
1/16/2009
Cooper Breast Imaging Centers Designated “Centers of Excellence”
Cooper University Hospital Breast Imaging Centers located in Voorhees, Cherry Hill, and Camden, N.J., were recently designated “Center’s of Excellence” by the American College of Radiology. (more) |
1/14/2009
Cooper Dedicates New ICU to Former Chief of Medicine
Cooper University Hospital recently dedicated the Dr. Edward D. Viner Intensive Care Unit in the new hospital pavilion. (more) |
12/10/2008
Creator of the CyberKnife System Visits Cooper’s Cancer Institute
On Wednesday, December 3, 2008, John R. Adler, Jr., M.D., Professor of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine and President of the CyberKnife Society, came to Cooper’s Cancer Institute to see the newly installed CyberKnife System. (more) |