About Us
Cooper University Health Care is now Cooper Norcross Health.
Today, the health system has a new name: Cooper Norcross Health.
Cooper’s Board of Trustees voted to change the health system’s name in honor of the $100 million gift (the largest in the health system’s history) given by George E. Norcross, III, and for the Norcross family’s more than 50 years of dedication and leadership to the health system.
Though our name has changed, our commitment and mission remain the same: to serve, to heal, to educate. We remain an elite academic health system committed to providing advanced, compassionate care and an exceptional health care experience for our patients and their families.
Nothing else has changed. Cooper Norcross Health remains a not-for-profit health system with no shareholders, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, committed to the communities we serve.
Year after year, Cooper Norcross Health (formerly Cooper University Health Care) is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the Philadelphia Metro area. We are consistently recognized for our quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.
Hospitals throughout the region send the most complex, critically ill and injured patients to Cooper Norcross Health, the leading academic health system, for treatment by our highly skilled experts.
Based in Camden, NJ, we have been providing expert, compassionate care to the residents of our region since our founding in 1887. Today, Cooper Norcross Health is a not-for-profit health system with no shareholders, governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees, committed to the communities we serve.
Cooper Norcross Health has four hospitals:
- Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden, which houses South Jersey’s only Level I trauma center and is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region
- Cooper Norcross University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House
- Children’s Hospital at Cooper Norcross Health in Camden, which is the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley
- The Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper, a substance abuse rehabilitation and inpatient treatment facility, in partnership with Advanced Recovery Services
Cooper Norcross Health is also home to:
- MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, a leading cancer center
- More than 130 outpatient offices from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Jersey Shore
- Seven campuses that serve as large regional hubs in Camden, Cape May Court House, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Sewell, Voorhees, and Willingboro.
- Seven urgent care centers
As part of a true academic health system, Cooper Norcross Health’s physicians serve as faculty for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, teaching the next generation of medical professionals and advancing care and research.
Annually, there are more than 2.54 million patient visits (and patients from all 50 states and 35 countries) to Cooper Norcross Health hospitals and physician offices.
Extraordinary care from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Jersey Shore.
With nearly 14,000 team members, including nearly 2,200 nurses,1,200 employed physicians, and 700 advanced practice providers practicing in more than 95 specialties and subspecialties, we have the region's health needs covered.
Cooper Norcross Health's Mission, Vision, and Values
Our Mission
To serve, to heal, to educate
Our Vision
We will be the best place to be a patient, the best place to work, and the best place to learn and practice medicine.
Our Values
Compassion: We are caring, kind, and empathetic, taking action to relieve the suffering of others.
Inclusion: We respect others, value differences, and promote a sense of belonging for all.
Excellence: We are honest, professional, active, accountable, innovative, and passionate about quality.
Your First Choice for Extraordinary Care
When you want the top medical experts and services close to home, trust Cooper Norcross Health for the most advanced, and most complete, health care in the region.
Our Premier Institutes
At MD Anderson at Cooper, no one fights cancer alone. In partnership with the nation’s leading cancer center, MD Anderson at Cooper offers advanced multidisciplinary cancer treatment, innovative technologies, cutting-edge clinical trials, and comprehensive supportive care services.
Cooper Norcross Health's surgeons practice in 12 specialty areas, including ear, nose, and throat; pain management; colorectal; general; plastic and reconstructive; oral and maxillofacial; thoracic; urologic; and vascular. It is also home to the Aortic Center, the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center, the Level I Adult Trauma Center, and the Level II Pediatric Trauma Center.
Cooper Norcros Helath has an extensive network of primary and specialty care services, including dermatology and dermatologic surgery, endocrinology, family medicine, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, infectious disease, internal medicine, nephrology, palliative care, and pulmonary medicine. Our Digestive Health office in Mount Laurel, NJ, the largest freestanding endoscopic center in South Jersey, provides a full range of gastrointestinal services, with satellite offices throughout the region.
Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care is one of the most comprehensive cardiovascular programs in the region. In a joint venture, cardiac experts from the Cooper Norcross Heart Institute and Inspira Health provide a full range of heart care and rehabilitation, from prevention and diagnosis to the most innovative nonsurgical techniques and surgical treatments, including stenting procedures, heart surgery, and minimally invasive procedures.
Cooper Norcross Health's experts offer high-quality orthopaedic care with the latest technological advances. Our team includes fellowship-trained and board-certified experts in orthopaedics, rheumatology, podiatry, and rehabilitation for arthritis pain, sprains, and strains, tendon or ligament injury, tendonitis, broken bones, dislocations, trauma, and more. Our physical and occupational therapists and speech pathologists provide rehabilitation services for inpatients and outpatients.
Cooper and Inspira Neuroscience, a joint venture of Cooper Norcross Health and Inspira Health, is revolutionizing neurological care with world-renowned physicians fully dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of neurological and neurosurgical issues, including epilepsy, movement disorders, headache, and trauma as well as brain, spine, and pituitary cancer. Cooper is recognized as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
Children’s Hospital at Cooper Norcross Health is South Jersey’s only state-designated hospital for children and only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley. Additionally, Cooper Norcross Health's Ripa Center for Women’s Health provides primary and multispecialty care, radiology services, and wellness education.
Cooper Norcross Health specialists are redesigning health care to meet the needs of an underserved population by providing access to quality preventive care and the tools to manage complex medical conditions. This includes the Cooper Norcross Advanced Care Center, with primary care and medical and surgical specialties, and the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers who share and disseminate knowledge among organizations in Camden.
Our Centers of Excellence
Center for Critical Care Services provides the highest level of lifesaving inpatient care for the seriously ill and injured. The Center is staffed by physician experts in sepsis, cardiogenic shock, and respiratory failure, and is a major referral source for area hospitals.
Center for Urgent and Emergent Services provides 24/7 access to immediate care, whether through the emergency department, 911 emergency medical services, toxicology, disaster medicine, air medical services, or the transfer center. Our urgent care centers take emergency department staffing to the community and offer extended day, evening, and weekend hours for patients of all ages.
Center for Population Health engages patients, care givers, and the community through education, navigation, and direct patient care to support health care needs. We maximize clinical innovation, outreach, research, and education to deliver excellent community and value-based patient-centered programs.
Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden is a Level I adult trauma center and Level II pediatric trauma center that cares for severely injured patients involved in motor vehicle crashes, falls, industrial accidents, and acts of violence. It offers an active community education program in trauma prevention and safety. Our trauma center is the busiest in the Philadelphia region and its experts train medical professionals from every branch of the U.S. military.
Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper is a rehab center in South Jersey that offers a full continuum of care to address a patient’s substance abuse and co-occurring mental health conditions. Skilled staff ensure patient safety with a focus on each individual’s specific needs and the facility meets and exceeds local and national standards for addiction and behavioral health care practices.
Cooper Norcross Health's Trauma and Emergency Medicine experts provide on-site training to elite special operations combat medics from the U.S. Military’s Special Operations Command and medical personnel with the U.S. Department of State Emergency Management Specialists. Our trauma center is the busiest in the Philadelphia region and was the first in the nation to provide advanced surgical trauma training to the U.S. Army’s elite Forward Resuscitation Surgical Team (FRST).