Michelle Copeland, D.M.D., M.D., is an American plastic surgeon. Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, she is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and an attending surgeon at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. In addition, Copeland is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the American College of Maxillofacial Surgeons. She is also a member of the New York Surgical Society. Copeland is known particularly for her expertise on ankle liposuction and the treatment of gynecomastia.
Copeland was born in 1949 in New York, New York. She earned her B.A. from New York University in 1970, and she received both dental and medical doctorates from Harvard University, becoming the first woman ever to do so. After completing a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, she returned to her native New York City for advanced training in general surgery at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Upon the completion of her fellowship training in plastic and reconstructive surgery in 1985, she joined the staff at the Division of Plastic Surgery at The Mount Sinai Medical Center and served as Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery for the Mount Sinai Services at the City Hospital Center.
In addition to performing surgery, Copeland produces her own line of skin care products. Her products have been featured prominently in magazines like Allure, O, The Oprah Magazine, and InStyle.
Copeland, Michelle (2002). Change Your Looks, Change Your Life. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0066213736.
Copeland, Michelle (2007). The Beautiful Skin Workout: Eight Weeks to the Smoothest, Healthiest Skin of Your Life. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0312370776.
Selected articles
Copeland, M. (December 1974). "The cellular response to cytochalasin B: a critical overview". Cytologia (Tokyo) 39 (4): 709–27. doi:10.1508/cytologia.39.709. PMID 4448103.
Moore S, Kondo M, Copeland M, Meienhofer J. (November 1975). "Synthesis and antitumor activity of 2 demamino and N (hydroxypropyl) actinomycin D". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 18 (11): 1098–101. doi:10.1021/jm00245a010. PMID 809581.
Copeland, M., Lippiello, L., Steensland, G., Guralnick, W.C., Mankin, H.J. (December 1980). "The prostaglandins of articular cartilage I. Correlates of prostaglandin activity in a chondrocyte culture system". Prostaglandins 20 (6): 1075–87. doi:10.1016/0090-6980(80)90061-1. PMID 7208951.
Copeland, M., Meisner J. (April 1991). "Maxillary antral bone grafts for repair of orbital fractures". Journal of Craniofacial Surgery 2 (1): 18–21. PMID 1807409.
Copeland, M., Senkowski, C., Ergin M. A., Lansman, S. (September 1992). "Macromastia as a factor in sternal wound dehiscence following cardiac surgery: Management combining chest wall reconstruction and reduction mammoplasty". Journal of Cardiac Surgery 7 (3): 275–8. doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.1992.tb00813.x. PMID 1392237.
Copeland, M., Kressel, A., Spiera, H., Hermann, G., Bleiweiss, I.J. (November 1993). "Systemic inflammatory disorder related to fibrous breast capsules after silicone implant removal". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 92 (6): 1179–81. doi:10.1097/00006534-199311000-00030. PMID 8234516.
Copeland, M., Senkowski, C., Ulcickas, M., Mendelsohn, M., Griepp, R.B. (July 1994). "Breast size as a risk factor for sternal wound complications following cardiac surgery". Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill.: 1960) 129 (7): 757–9. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1994.01420310089016. PMID 8024458.
Copeland, M., Choi, M., Bleiweiss, I. J. (October 1994). "Silicone breakdown and capsular synovial metaplasia in textured-wall saline breast prostheses". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 94 (5): 628–33. doi:10.1097/00006534-199410000-00009. PMID 7938285.
Copeland, M., Pimpinella, V., Copeland-Halperin, L. (December 2014). "Combined Liposuction and Excision of Lipomas: Long-Term Evaluation of a Large Sample of Patients". Plastic Surgery International 2015 (2015): 5. doi:10.1155/2015/625396.
