Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery provides consultative and therapeutic services for surgical treatment of adult and pediatric cardiac and pulmonary disease. Our world-class faculty do their best to serve the community of Tucson, as well as the state of Arizona and the West, in the areas of cardiac and thoracic surgery.

Areas of expertise include:

• Coronary artery surgery
• Heart valve surgery
• MAZE procedure
• IHSS (idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis)
• Ventricular aneurysm surgery
• Acquired ventricular septal defects
• Aortic surgery
• General thoracic surgery
• Thoracic transplantation
• Mechanical circulatory support
• High-risk conventional procedures with device back-up
• Congenital heart surgery in infants and children of all ages
• Reoperative cardiac surgery

We will make every effort to be personally available for all telephone calls and physician referrals. Physician referrals should be directed to the Physicians Resource Line at (520) 694-5868 or 800-777-7552. For other inquiries, please call us at (520) 626-6339.

Jack G. Copeland, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Arizona Health Sciences Center
Department of Surgery
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
PO Box 245071
Tucson, AZ 85724-5071

Office Phone: (520) 626-5335
Clinic Phone: (520) 694-6144
Email: jgc@u.arizona.edu