Gary Kopf, MD
Professor of Surgery (Cardiac)Cards
About
Titles
Professor of Surgery (Cardiac)
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
Appointments
Cardiac Surgery
ProfessorPrimary
Other 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 Ventures
Education & Training
- Resident
- Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (1980)
- Resident
- Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA (1977)
- Intern
- Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York (1971)
- MD
- Harvard University (1970)
- Clinical Fellow
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Clinical Fellow
- American Cancer Society
Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
News & Links
News
- June 04, 2019
Celebrating Student Research and Scholarship at Yale School of Medicine
- April 29, 2014
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. lists Yale Cardiac surgeons among 2014 Top Docs
- May 10, 2013
Yale Cardiac Surgeons named among Best Doctors in America 2013
- April 22, 2013
U.S. News lists Yale Cardiac surgeons among Top Docs