Max Coppes MD PhD, MBA

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Director, William N Pennington Cancer Institute and Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine

Summary

Dr Coppes is the Director of the William N. Pennington Cancer Institute (PCI) at Renown Health, a Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Internal Medicine at UNR Med, and a Clinical Professor of Public Health at UNR. After he received is medical training at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, he served in the Dutch Air Force, completed his Pediatric Residency at the Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital in Utrecht in the Netherlands, then continued with pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif in France and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He obtained his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and an MBA from the Haskayne School of Business in Calgary. Dr. Coppes is an experienced academic (has published over 150 peer reviewed manuscripts) healthcare leader and skilled in program expansion. Currently, he is focused on establishing an NCI designated Cancer Center in Reno.

PubMed

Journal Articles

Pediatric ICU outcomes: does it matter whether the Children's Hospital is freestanding? (editorial)
Slonim AD, Coppes MJ, Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2016
Cancer incidence in British Columbia expected to grow by 57% from 2012 to 2030
Woods R, Coppes MJ, Coldman AJ, British Columbia Medical Journal, 1/1/2015
The emergence of precision therapeutics: new challenges and opportunities for Canada's health leaders
Slater J, Shields L, Racette R, Juzwishin D, Coppes M, Healthcare Management Forum, 1/1/2015

Books/Book Chapters

Challenges after treatment for childhood cancer
Coppes, MJ & Kremer LCMPediatric Clinics of North America 2020
Pediatric Clinics of North America: volume 59
Chapter: Neonatal and pediatric clinical pharmacology
Editors: Van den Anker JN, Coppes MJ, KorenG (Guest Editors).2012
Pediatric Clinics of North America: volume 59
Chapter: Safety and reliability in Pediatrics
Editors: Jacobs BR, Coppes MJ (Guest Editors).2012

Abstracts/Posters

Molecular histological characterization of Wilms tumour using dissociable antibody arrays
Ujack E, Chin, B, Magliocco T, Coppes MJ, Narendran A, PBC, 1/1/2005
Early experience with the use of anti-thymocyte globulin in pediatric patients undergoing stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia
Lewis V, Cheema P, Desai S, Anderson R, Booth K, Coppes MJ, PBC, 1/1/2005
Training pediatric hematology/oncology specialists in Canada
Coppes MJ, David M, Barnard, D, Israels SJ, Mikhael NZ, Blanchette V, PBC, 1/1/2005

Lectures

Progress and Challenges in Childhood Cancer: Lessons Learned from Wilms Tumor
Memorial Hospital, Savannah, GA - 1/9/2016
An integrated population based cancer system as tool to pilot and implement change
London, United Kingdom - 1/2/2013
Tumor de Wilms y tumores renales no Wilms en ninos
Cusco, Peru - 1/28/2010

Other

Thyroid health: Navigating nodules, cancer, and the importance of specialized careSeptember 1st, 2024
High altitude hazard - living with elevated skin cancer risksJune 15th, 2024
Breast cancer: what has changed?March 15th, 2024

Member, Promotion and Tenure committee, UNR Med 2024 - Present
Member, Search Committee Chair of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine 2022 - 2023
Member, Search Committee Dean of University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine 2021 - 2022