Nate Copeland MD, MTM&H

Education

2003-07 - Bachelor of Science in Pre-medicine from Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
2007-11 - Doctor of Medicine from University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011-14 - Internship and residency in Internal Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
2014-17 - Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
2016-17 - Master of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD

Biography

Dr. Nathanial K. Copeland is an infectious disease specialist in Fort Gordon, Georgia and is affiliated with Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center. He graduated from medical school in 2011 then completed Internal Medicine Residency in 2014 at TAMC, followed by a fellowship in infectious diseases at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. During his fellowship, he completed a Master of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene degree at the Uniformed Services University in 2017. He is licensed to practice medicine in Nebraska and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He is interested in global health, tropical medicine, neglected tropical diseases, and clinical research.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

2007-2011 - Medical school at University of Illinois at Chicago

2011-2017 - Internal Medicine residency (Tripler) and Infectious Disease fellowship (Walter Reed)

2017-c - Deputy Chief, Clinical Trials Center, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research; investigator on multiple clinical trials (malaria, Zika, dengue, Marburg, HIV, etc.)

Representative Bibliography

Copeland NK, Arora NS, and Ferguson TM. Mycobacterium haemophilum masquerading as leprosy in a renal transplant patient. Case Rep Dermatol Med. 2013;2013:793127.

Copeland NK, Palmer WM, Bienfang PK. Ciguatera fish poisoning in Hawai’i and the Pacific. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Nov;73(11 Suppl 2):24-7.

Copeland NK, Aronson NE. Leishmaniasis: treatment updates and clinical practice guidelines review. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2015 Oct;28(5):426-37.

Meyers M, Behm N, Brown E, Copeland NK, Sklar MJ. An adverse drug reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole revealing primary HIV: a case report and literature review. Case Rep Infect Dis. 2015;2015:691010.

Copeland NK, Decker CF. Other sexually transmitted diseases chancroid and donovanosis. Dis Mon. 2016 Aug;62(8):306-13.