Adam M. Kopelan, MD
- Surgery-Bloodless | Surgery-General | Surgery-Minimally Invasive | Surgery-Robotic
Chairman of Surgery, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Chief of General Surgical Services, RWJBarnabas Health Northern Region, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Rutgers NJMS
Dr. Kopelan earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. He received his postgraduate training in General Surgery at the University of Chicago Hospitals where he also was a Research Fellow in Immunology. His undergraduate degree is from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA.
Board certified in General Surgery, Dr. Kopelan has published articles and presented on topics including Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. His practice interests are in Advanced Minimally Invasive, Bariatric, and Endocrine Surgery utilizing laparoscopic, robotic and endoluminal techniques. Dr. Kopelan has a particular focus in resident and medical student education. In 2003 he was the recipient of the Robert Baker Golden Apple Teaching Award at the University of Chicago, and in 2005 he received the Golden Apple Teaching Award at Monmouth Medical Center. He is currently a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Society of Alimentary and Gastrointestinal Surgery, and the Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons.
General Surgery, robotic surgery, single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy, trans -abdominal pre-peritoneal inguinal hernia repair, ventral hernia repair, colectomy, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, and liver.
Practice Interests: Advanced Minimally Invasive, Bariatric and Endocrine Surgery utilizing laparoscopic, robotic and endoluminal techniques. Dr. Kopelan has a particular focus in resident and medical student education.