Dr. Hughes, a South Jersey native, studied psychology at Rutgers University. After a short career in sales he decided to pursue a career in medicine. Before attending medical school at UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, NJ, he earned a Master of Biomedical Sciences degree from UMDNJ School of Biomedical Sciences. After completing his Anesthesiology residency at Thomas Jefferson University hospital in Philadelphia, PA, he worked in private practice for a short time before joining Cooper University Hospital.

In his free time, Dr. Hughes enjoys spending time with his family, cycling, swimming, and golf.

Andrew Jaffe, MS, is a Medical Physicist at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. He earned his MS from Thomas Jefferson University and completed residency with Landauer Medical Physics at the Levine Cancer Institute, then joined Cooper in 2022. Aside from the pursuit of traditional therapy physics, he is particularly interested in the application of FDM 3D printing techniques to the modern Radiation Oncology clinic.