Clinical Specialties
Adult and Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac transplantation

Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, 1978
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 1979; Re-certified 1989, 1997

Research
Heart, heart-lung and single-lung transplantation; artificial hearts and ventricular assist devices; mechanical valves; coronary artery disease; congenital heart operations; coagulation/anti- coagulation; myocardial preservation/reperfusion injury

Selected Publications

• Copeland JG. Multicenter bridge to transplantation with the HeartMate assist device: Evauation from another perspective (comment). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surgery 125(2):228-30, 2003.
• Herbst A, Padilla PT, Prasad AR, Morales MC, Copeland, JG. Cardiac Wegener's granulmatosis masquerading as left atrial myxoma. (Case Study) Ann Thorac Surg 75(4): 1321-3, 2003.
• Copeland JG, Arabia FA, Tsau PH, Nolan PE, McClellan D, Smith RG, Slepian MJ. Total artificial hearts: Bridge to transplantation. Cardiol Clin 21(1):101-13, 2003.
• Polito WF, Arabia FA, Tsau PH, Paramesh V, Woolley DS, Bose RK, Sethi GK, Copeland JG. Successful management of empyema in a patient with a total artificial heart. Ann Throac Surg 76(2):610-11, 2003
• Butman SM, Jamison K, Slepian M, Edling N, Arabia F, Copeland JG. Percutaneous intervention for unprotected left main disease prior to explantation of a left ventricular assist device. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 59(4):471-4, 2003.
• Copeland JG, Smith RG. Bridge to transplantation with mechanical assist devices. In Braunwald E (ed): Harrison's Advances in Cardiology. McGraw-Hill, New York, pp 543-9, 2002.
• Cohen Z, Gonzales RF, Davis-Gorman GF, Copeland JG, McDonagh PF. Thrombin activity and platelet microparticle formation are increased in type 2 diabetic platelets: a potential correlation with caspase activation. Thromb Res 107(5):217-21, 2002.
• Copeland JG, McCarthy M. University of Arizona, Cardiac transplantation: Changing patterns in selection and outcomes. In Cecka JM, Terasaki PI (eds): Clinical Transplants 2001. UCLA Immunogenetics Center, Los Angeles, pp 203-7, 2002.
• Copeland JG. Altruism versus reality: An academic medical center's role in device development. [Invited Editorial] Artif Organs 25(11):862-3, 2001
• Copeland JG, Arabia FA, Smith RG, Covington D. Synthetic membrane neo-pericardium facilitates total artificial heart explantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 20(6): 654-6, 2001.
• Reinhartz O, Keith FM, El-Banayosy A, McBride LR, Robbins RC, Copeland JG, Farrar DJ. Multicenter experience with the thoratec ventricular assist device in children and adolescents. J Heart Lung Transplant 20(4): 439-48, 2001.
• Copeland JG, Smith RG, Arabia FA, Nolan PE, Mehta VK, McCarthy MS, Chisholm KA. Comparison of the CardioWest total artificial heart, the Novacor left ventricular assist system and the Thoratec ventricular assist system in bridge to transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 71(3 Suppl): S92-7; discussion S114-5, 2001.
• Wegner JA, DiNardo JA, Arabia FA, Copeland JG. Blood loss and transfusion requirements in patients implanted with a mechanical circulatory support device undergoing cardiac transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 19(5): 504-6, 2000.
• Copeland JG, Arabia FA, Smith RG, Sethi GK, Nolan PE, Banchy ME. Arizona experience with CardioWest Total Artificial Heart bridge to transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 68(2): 756-60, 1999.
• Copeland JG 3rd, Arabia FA, Banchy ME, Sethi GK, Foy B, Long J, Kormos RL, Smith RG. The CardioWest total artificial heart bridge to transplantation: 1993 to 1996 national trial. Ann Thorac Surg 66(5): 1662-9, 1998.
• Arzouman DA, Arabia FA, Sethi GK, Copeland JG. Endomyocardial biopsy in the heterotopic heart transplant patient. Ann Thorac Surg 65(3): 857-8, 1998.