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Adam M Kopelan MD

Adam M. Kopelan, MD

  • Surgery-Bloodless | Surgery-General | Surgery-Minimally Invasive | Surgery-Robotic
  • Member of RWJBH Medical Group
Languages Spoken English
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  • Bio

    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.

    Clinical Interests

    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.

  • Medical School

    NY University School of Medicine, NY, 1996

    Internship

    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1997

    Residency

    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2003

    Fellowship

    UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson, NJ, 2003

    Publications
    • Title:A Month for Gallbladder Cancer: A Case Report of Four Gallbladder Cancers Over a 30-Day Period at a Community Hospital
      Authors:Boyan, W. P., Klepner, S., Farr, M., Kopelan, A., Paragi, P., Clarke, K
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    • Title:Programmed cell death signaling via cell-surface expression of a single-chain antibody transgene
      Authors:Kulkarni, S., Holman, P. O., Kopelan, A., van Seventer, G. A., van Seventer, J. M., Kranz, D. M., Woodle, E. S.
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    • Title:Programmed cell death signaling via cell-surface expression of a single-chain antibody transgene
      Authors:Kulkarni S., P.O. Holman, A. Kopelan, G.A. van Seventer, J.M. van Seventer, D.M. Kranz, and E.S. Woodie
      Publisher:Transplantation
      Date:2000
      Issue:69: 1200-1217
      Description:Article
    Title:Corticosteroid withdrawal under tacrolimus primary and rescue therapy in renal transplanation: the Chicago experience
    Authors:Woodle E.S., J. Buell, C. Siegel, S. Kulkarni, A. Kopelan, H.P. Grewal
    Publisher:Transplantation Proceedings
    Date:1999
    Issue:31 (Suppl 7A):84s-85s
    Description:Article
    Title:An unexpected echocardiographic image in a patient with dyspnea
    Authors:Talya L., A. Kopelan, S. Aronson
    Publisher:Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
    Date:2000
    Issue:14:225-226
    Description:Article
    Title:Radical Prostatectomy and Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
    Authors:Finley D.S., A. Kopelan, E.S. Woodle
    Publisher:Journal of Robotic Surgery
    Date:2008
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    Description:Article
    Title:Tacrolimus therapy in renal transplantation
    Authors:S. Kulkarni, A. Kopelan, E.S. Woodle
    Publisher:Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice 5th Edition
    Date:2001
    Issue:p. 251-261
    Description:Book Chapter
  • Insurance

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    • CHN
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    • Cigna Health Springs
    • Cigna Medicare
    • Clover Health
    • DOL
    • Emblem
    • Fidelis (WellCare)
    • Horizon
    • Horizon Casualty
    • Horizon NJ Health
    • Humana Medicare
    • Humana Tricare
    • Longevity
    • Magnacare
    • Medicaid
    • Medicare
    • Multiplan
    • Northwell
    • Qualcare
    • UHC/OX
    • UHCCP
    • US Family Health Plan
    • WellPoint (Amerigroup)