About
South Jersey Medical Report is an important resource for physicians for up-to-date news and information about medical and technological advances at Cooper University Hospital. The Report provides information ranging from new physician appointments to clinical trial access to newly available medical procedures for complex patients.
Cooper is the leading provider of comprehensive health services, medical education and clinical research in southern New Jersey and the Delaware Valley. With over 700 physicians in over 75 specialties, Cooper University Hospital is uniquely equipped to provide an almost unlimited number of medical services. The hospital is committed to excellence in patient care, research, and medical education.
Cooper offers a comprehensive array of diagnostic and treatment services that include prevention and wellness, primary and specialty physician services, hospital care, and ambulatory diagnostic and treatment services. The hospital serves as southern New Jersey’s major tertiary-care referral hospital for specialized services. Signature programs include: the Cooper Bone and Joint Institute, the Cooper Cancer Institute, the Cooper Heart Institute, and the Cooper Neurological Institute. Cooper is also well known for clinical excellence in the following programs: Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, Critical Care Medicine, Cooper Digestive Health Institute, Cooper Level I Trauma Center, The Ripa Center for Women’s Health & Wellness at Cooper, and Vascular Surgery Program.
Cooper faculty members translate discoveries in basic science and clinical research into cutting-edge treatments in fields such as cancer, cardiology, critical care, diabetes, and gene therapy. Cooper currently conducts hundreds of National Institutes of Health (NIH) and industry-sponsored clinical trials each year. With numerous NIH and federal grants and aggregate research funding, Cooper is a research leader among regional medical campuses in the country. Cooper’s affiliation with the Coriell Institute for Medical Research provides an excellent opportunity for our faculty to participate in novel genomic and stem cell research. Recently, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) announced that Cooper University Hospital will be the fourth affiliate hospital within its network to receive the prestigious Major Clinical Research Affiliate (MCRA) designation.
In 2009, Rowan University and Cooper University Hospital partnered to establish a new, four-year allopathic medical school in Camden, NJ, which will be known as Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. The new medical school will be the first, four-year allopathic medical school in southern New Jersey. Cooper has been providing clinical training to third and fourth year medical students from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School since 1980.
South Jersey Medical Report Editorial Board
Joseph E. Parrillo, MD, Chair
Director, Cooper Heart Institute
Chief, Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Sucha O. Asbell, MD
Attending, Department of Radiation Oncology
Carolyn E. Bekes, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Professor of Medicine,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Fredric L. Ginsberg, MD
Director of Clinical Operations for the
Section of Cardiology
Director of Nuclear Cardiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Michael E. Goldberg, MD
Chief, Department of Anesthesiology
Professor of Anesthesiology,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Michael H. Goodman, MD
Chief, Department of Pediatrics
Paul M. Lafferty, MD
Attending, Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery, Cooper Bone & Joint Institute
Joseph V. Lombardi, MD
Head, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Director, Cooper Aortic Center
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor of Surgery,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robin L. Perry, MD
Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ob/Gyn Residency Program Director
President, Medical Staff, Cooper University Hospital
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Robert A. Somer, MD
Associate Division Head, Clinical Affairs Director, Clinical
Research Trials, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology
Director, Genitourinary Cancer Program, Cooper Cancer Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
David P. Warshal, MD
Head, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Vice Chief, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Gynecologic Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Valerie P. Weil, MD
VP, Strategic Planning & Business Development
Dyanne P. Westerberg, DO, FAAFP
Chief, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine,
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Sarah I. Woodrow, MD
Attending, Department of Neurosurgery,
Cooper Neurological Institute (CNI)