When Jeff's weight started to impact his performances and his health, he turned to Cooper and a team who could help him succeed. Not only was Jeff’s weight affecting his performance, he was beginning to develop serious chronic illnesses

Just minutes after Paul made a delivery to a local country club, his heart stopped and he collapsed in the parking lot after suffering from cardiac arrest. When Paul arrived at Cooper, he was in critical condition. His family did not know if he would survive, or if he did, would he be the same man?

After Kristin was diagnosed with a lung nodule, she wasn't comfortable with the "wait and see" advice she received, so she sought a second opinion at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. "I never experienced that kind of care before," she said. "They took me seriously."

When Sheri was diagnosed with uterine (endometrial) cancer she put her trust in Dr. Robin Wilson Smith, a gynecologic oncologist at MD Anderson at Cooper.  Four years later, after robotic surgery and aggressive chemotherapy, Sheri is cancer free and looking forward to a happy and healthy retirement.

On a chilly October evening in 2011, a horrific car accident left 53-year-old In Yong Kim, of Cherry Hill, N.J., clinging to life with five broken ribs, spine and pelvic fractures, severe head trauma with swelling in the brain and internal bleeding. In order to save her life, a team of skilled surgeons at Cooper University Hospital, Jonathan D. Bussey, DO, neurosurgeon at Cooper Neurological Institute, and John Chovanes, DO, trauma surgeon, needed to perform immediate brain and abdominal surgery.

Imagine feeling afraid to laugh or hesitant to join that new exercise class with all of your friends.

When Jerri arrived at her doctor’s office with what she thought was the flu, she never would have imagined that she was suffering from a life threatening tear in her aorta. In just a few short hours, she went from her cardiologist’s office to open heart surgery at Cooper, where her heart would be stopped, her body cooled, and she’d undergo an intense surgery and recovery.

SJ Businessman Has Life-Changing Heart Surgery at Cooper Steve Ravitz is a prominent South Jersey businessman. With more than 50 years in the supermarket industry, not much rattled this entrepreneur—until he heard the words “heart surgery.”

Feet resting in the warm Caribbean sand, the sun shining onto the clear blue water, and her husband of five years by her side, Alicia Carnot, 32, was having the time of her life. For their anniversary, this Sicklerville mother of two was enjoying a dream vacation on the island of Mustique, a small private island that is part of  St. Vincent and the Grenadines.