Methodist Hospital Radiologist, Philly Native, Dr. Mark Cooper, Gets Own Exhibit at National Baseball Hall of Fame
(Published: 4-30-2008) For only the third time ever, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has dedicated an exhibit to the collection of one person—and that person is Philadelphia native and Methodist Hospital radiologist Mark Cooper, M.D., M.B.A.  The exhibit, which opened on April 12 in Cooperstown, NY, is called Home Games: A Century of Baseball Games from the Collection of Dr. Mark Cooper.  It features more than 50 games over a 100 year period from 1860 to 1960, and is on display through the end of the 2008 baseball season. 

National Society Selects Philadelphia Hand Center at Methodist Specialist to Lobby Congress
(Published: 3-26-2008) Randall W. Culp, M.D., of The Philadelphia Hand Center at Methodist, recently served as the only representative for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) 2008 Research Capitol Hill Days. Dr. Culp was selected to join more than 115 orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, and their patients from across the country in Washington, D.C., to encourage members of Congress to appropriate $548 million to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) in fiscal year (FY) 2009 – a 6.5 percent increase from FY 2008.

Methodist Hospital Wins National Improvement Award
(Published 2-8-07) Press Ganey Associates, the nation’s leading health care satisfaction measurement and improvement firm, has named Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital a 2006 Compass Award Winner.

Methodist Hospital is First in Region to Offer New Tool for Early Breast Cancer Detection
Breast Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) Test Requires No Breast Compression, Results Immediate
(Published 6-13-06) Methodist Hospital Division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is now offering a newtool for the early detection of breast cancer called Breast Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI). The hospital is the first in the Delaware Valley to provide this new technology to the community, which is available through its Women’s Diagnostic Center.

Community Health Fair at Methodist Hospital Saturday, May 7
Methodist Hospital’s annual Health Fair will be on Saturday, May 7, and combines free health screenings for adults as well as activities for the family. Health screenings will include blood pressure screening, prostate cancer PSA testing, foot screening, glucose and cholesterol screening and more.

No one is immune
(Published 03-10-2005, South Philadelphia Review) Peter Honig, M.D., assistant director of general medicine, Methodist Hospital, says this is the season for all kinds of viruses.

City Council President Anna Verna and Councilman James Kenney Celebrate the Opening of a New Patient Floor at Methodist Hospital (Published 2-28-2005)

City Council Representatives Join Methodist Hospital Employees to Formally Open its Newest Patient Floor Showing the New Face of Health Care in South Philadelphia (Published 2-23-2005)

Growing to Meet a Need
(Published 1-7-2005) After spending the past decade getting smaller, a growing number of hospitals in the Philadelphia-area are spending millions on expansion and renovation projects to add beds.