SJBiz_Best of Healthcare_0324FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 3 / 11 / 24 4 : 19 PM Page 3 Legislative Ambulatory Leadless Mental - Health Hub Support Pacemaker Policy Activist Acenda Integrated Cooper University Deborah Heart and Julienne Verdi Health Lung Center Health Care erdi channels her personal cenda offers more than 100 Vhealth battles into fervent ac - ooper University Health Care n January , Deborah announced Asupport programs for children , tivism , tirelessly working on behalf Copened the first phase of its I its team had successfully im - adults , families and caregivers . Its of the over 40 million Americans newest and largest outpatient planted AVEIR DR , the world’s first team endeavors to remain at the fore - living with headache disorders , in - campus at the Moorestown Mall in dual chamber leadless pacemaker front of behavioral health , under - cluding her own 8 - year - old son . As November . The Cooper system effectively treating people standing the flexibility needed to meet the executive director of the Al - Moorestown Campus — a 166,000 - with abnormal or slow heart people where they are in effectively liance for Headache Disorders Ad - square - foot , three - story , state - of - rhythms . The groundbreaking improving their mental well - being . vocacy and its sister entity , The the - art hub — offers more than 26 FDA - approved system , roughly “ We say there’s no wrong door , Headache Alliance Inc . , Verdi’s ad - medical specialties , a range of di - one - tenth the size of a traditional so it doesn’t matter what program vocacy is a testament to her life’s agnostic services , nearly 100 exam pacemaker , is a minimally invasive you come in through or what way you mission : using the power of advo - rooms , concierge services , a café option for the nearly 80 % of get there , ” says Bridget DeFiccio , cacy and activism to impact and more . people who require pacing in two Acenda’s senior vice president for in - change . The second phase is slated to heart chambers ( the right atrium tegrated health . For the alliance’s boots - on - the - open this year . Once complete , ad - and ventricle ) . As the pandemic has underscored ground advocacy initiative ditional services will include phys - Leadless devices are implanted the tremendous need for — and void Headache on the Hill , Verdi re - ical therapy , radiology , infusion directly into the heart through a in — accessible mental - health treat - cruits , trains and mobilizes nation - services , radiation therapy , an out - procedure that reduces exposure ment , Acenda recognized the benefit wide volunteer advocates to walk patient surgery center , and Cooper to potential lead and pocket - of providing multiple pathways to the halls of Congress and address and Inspira Neurosciences . This related complications , and offers a holistically understanding , treating the numerous issues chronic spring , the outpatient surgical shorter , less restrictive recovery and managing one’s overall wellness . headache disorder patients face . center will offer same - day surgical period . Its award - winning Mental Health Re - Verdi’s legislative advocacy also in - procedures , six operating rooms , “ This is a first for New Jersey source Center is an extensive online cludes drafting legislation , submit - two procedural rooms and one in - and we are excited to be at the collection of topical , timely blogs and ting comments on regulatory terventional suite . Patients can forefront of treatment for arrhyth - articles so individuals can access the issues , and meeting with members recover in a private room , and their mias , ” says Raffaele Corbisiero , information to identify and to under - of Congress and their staff to loved ones can either sit in a com - MD , division director , EP and stand their core challenges , which move forward the organization’s fortable waiting area or enjoy the Pacing . “ It expands the options we DeFiccio notes is often all the clarity legislative agenda . on - site amenities . have for treating irregular heart many people need . rhythms . ” Cancer Research Center Partnership Coriell Institute for Medical Research oriell , Cooper University CHealth Care and Cooper Medical School of Rowan Univer - sity , have launched their second research partnership : The Camden Cancer Research Center will inves - tigate cancer and translate basic cancer science into new treat - ments . The three organizations will provide CCRC’s scientists . “ The scientists in this partner - ship … share a goal : learn as much as possible about the complex ways cancer develops in our body so we can prevent or defeat it with new tools and medi - cines , ” says Jean - Pierre Issa , M.D . , Coriell’s president and CEO , who will serve as the center’s inaugural director . The cooperative effort allows unprecedented access for South Jersey cancer researchers . This center connects scientists with clinical care , allowing for the trans - lation of basic findings into new treatments and improved quality of life for patients . 22 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 14 ISSUE 3 | SouthJerseyBiz.net