Gary Kopf, MD
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Biography
Dr. Gary Kopf is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic surgeon and has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery.
Dr. Kopf graduated from Columbia College majoring in Physics. He received his medical degree from Harvard University (cum laude). He trained in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Children’s Hospital of Boston. Dr. Kopf spent two years at the National Institutes of Health doing research on perinatal physiology.
Dr. Kopf is a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, and the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, among many other organizations. He has been listed as one of America’s Top Doctors, New York’s Best Doctors, and America’s Top Surgeons for many years.
Dr. Kopf is also interested in biomedical ethics and is a member of the Adult and Pediatric Ethics Committees at Yale-New Haven Hospital, the Technology and Ethics Working Group, and the End of Life Issues Study Group at the Yale Bioethics Center.
Dr. Kopf is the only surgeon in the Yale system to be awarded the certificate as a Health Ethics Consultant (HEC-C) by the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
Patient Care: Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Adult Congenital Heart Surgery, Aortic Surgery
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Education & Training
- ResidentPeter Bent Brigham Hospital and Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (1980)
- ResidentPeter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA (1977)
- InternRoosevelt Hospital, New York, New York (1971)
- MDHarvard University (1970)
- Clinical FellowHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Clinical FellowAmerican Cancer Society
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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The Best Doctors in America: Northeast Region | 1996, 2000 | |
Peace Medal-International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War, St. Petersburg, Russia | 1995 | |
Paul Harris Fellow-Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | 1995 | |
Clinical Fellowship Award | American Cancer Society | 1977 |
Honors for Senior Thesis | Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts | 1970 |
Departments & Organizations
- Adult Congenital Heart Program
- Cardiac Surgery
- Fetal Care Center
- Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
- Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
- Program for Biomedical Ethics
- Surgery
- Yale Medicine
- Yale Ventures