Advanced Heart Failure Expert Witnesses

San Francisco, California

Cardiovascular Disease - Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Right Heart Failure, Right Ventricular Failure , Right Ventricular Dysfunction , Heart Failure, Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Ventricular Assist Device, Heart Transplantation

I am a board-certified cardiologist with 25 years of post-training clinical experience and subspecialty expertise in pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure, advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, cardiogenic shock, and advanced echocardiography. I am the founder and Director of the Regional Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Kaiser Permanente Northern California, established in 2015, which operates a hub-and-spoke model providing comprehensive PH care across San Francisco, Roseville, and Sacramento. I am a recognized national thought leader in pulmonary vascular disease, with clinical and academic expertise spanning all five WHO classification groups of pulmonary hypertension. I have contributed to international consensus guidelines on both the perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension and on pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (WHO Group 2). My clinical training includes a cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic Arizona and an Advanced...

Florida

Cardiovascular Disease - Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Sudden Cardiac Death, Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiac Catheterization, Vein Ablations, Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Arrhythmia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Valvular Diseases

Dr. Turbay is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases with additional certifications in Advanced Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Cardiac Transplantation, and Cardiac Devices. He has over 20 years of experience in private practice, specializing in optimizing cardiac care for high risk patients with comorbid diabetes, obesity, complex arrhythmias, and peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Turbay is certified in clinical research offering his patients advanced therapies through clinical trails at his practice. Prior to his clinical training, he spent 5 years in basic research studying molecular biology and genetics. In his private practice, he applies genetic testing for a variety of cardiac diseases. As a native Spanish speaker, Dr. Turbay is a bi-lingual cardiologist specializing in optimizing cardiac outcomes for complex high risk border town Hispanic patients.

Illinois

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

New York

Cardiothoracic Surgery - mechanical circulatory support, ECMO, advanced heart failure, donor heart management, heart transplant, adult cardiac surgery, adult heart surgery, coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections)

Dr. Hannah Copeland graduate from the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego. She completed her Thoracic Surgery Residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She went on to complete an advanced heart and lung transplant fellowship at Indiana University. She is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She also graduated with a Master of Business Administration from University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Copeland is currently the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and ECMO. She has also been the surgical director of a heart transplant program and led programs to produce excellent survival outcomes. Dr. Copeland practices the full extent of adult cardiac surgery - including coronary bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery (aneurysms and dissections), VAD surgery, heart transplantation and redo operations. She has publish...

El Paso, Texas

Cardiovascular Disease - Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Sudden Cardiac Death, Left Ventricular Assist Devices, Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, Cardiac Catheterization, Vein Ablations, Coronary Artery Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Arrhythmia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Valvular Diseases

Dr. Turbay is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases with additional certifications in Advanced Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension, Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Cardiac Transplantation, and Cardiac Devices. He has over 20 years of experience in private practice, specializing in optimizing cardiac care for high risk patients with comorbid diabetes, obesity, complex arrhythmias, and peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Turbay is certified in clinical research offering his patients advanced therapies through clinical trails at his practice. Prior to his clinical training, he spent 5 years in basic research studying molecular biology and genetics. In his private practice, he applies genetic testing for a variety of cardiac diseases. As a native Spanish speaker, Dr. Turbay is a bi-lingual cardiologist specializing in optimizing cardiac outcomes for complex high risk border town Hispanic patients.