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Coppes named Nell J. Redfield Chair of Pediatrics, Physician-in-Chief for Renown Children’s Hospital Dr. Max Coppes has been named to the joint role of Nell J. Redfield Chair of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief for Renown Children’s Hospital, a position that is part of a 2014 partnership agreement between the School of Medicine and Renown Health. Dr. Coppes is shown here with Katie Mewes.
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by ANNE McMILLIN “I believe in a better tomorrow for our children and their families.” With this mantra, Max Coppes, a pediatric oncologist, accepted the joint leadership role as the Nell J. Redfield Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at Renown Children’s Hospital, effective April 1, 2016. The
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new position was made possible through generous philanthropic support from the Nell J. Redfield Foundation, along with investments by Renown Health and the School of Medicine. Dr. Coppes has lab, research and clinical health management expertise, and he plans to bring the academic model of research, teaching and patient care to his department for the betterment of its patients. “If I can’t guarantee parents and their kids
that this department is contributing to a better tomorrow, then I’m not doing my job,” Coppes said. “I want to be an advocate for the health and well-being of children in this community.” To do so, Coppes is looking at socio economic factors that contribute to children’s health in the context of overall public and population health. Coppes will help put the health of the region’s children at the forefront through the work