Pediatrician Pediatric Anesthesiologist

"Caring for children is a privilege. First as a primary care pediatrician and now as a pediatric anesthesiologist, I experience daily the wonder and humility that go along with my tremendous responsibility. Each day is full of challenge and each patient and family teaches me something new. In the unfamiliar world of anesthesia and procedural medicine, patients need someone who is trustworthy, friendly, communicative and experienced with all aspects of pediatrics to care for them. I work to be that person; someone the family can depend on in uncertain times."

Dr. Vincent J. Kopp serves as Chief of Anesthesiology Consultative Services and Medical Director of PreCare at the N.C. Children's Hospital and as an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics and Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Medicine at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.

Dr. Vincent Kopp earned his baccalaureate degree in English and Religion from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1973. He did not decide to pursue medicine as a career until some time of graduation and subsequently received his medical degree from U.N.C. in 1982. Dr. Kopp completed an internship in anesthesiology at U.N.C. in 1983 and a residency in pediatrics at Duke University in 1985. In 1985 he founded Chapel Hill Children's Clinic, P.A. He has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1987. While managing CHCC, he completed a residency in anesthesiology at U.N.C. from 1990-1992. Dr. Kopp is American Board certified in both pediatrics and anesthesiology. His special interests are pediatric and ambulatory anesthesia, medical ethics, primary care of children under a year of age and mentoring undergraduate students interested in medical careers.

Dr. Kopp and his wife, Katherine, a business and free-lance writer, have 3 children: Margaret, age 21; and Elizabeth and Katherine, twins, age 15. The family resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where all three children were born.

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