Leadership

Residency Program Director
Member, LSUHSC Graduate Medical Education Committee
Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee
Member, Program Director Leadership Group, Association of University
Neurology Professor

Publications

1. Varma-Doyle AV, Villemarette-Pittman NR,Copeland BJ.Hemi-parkinsonismand return of essential tremors after MRgFUS thalamotomy: Case report andreview of procedural complications affecting ventral thalamicnuclei.eNeurologicalSci.2021 Apr12;23:100339.doi:10.1016/j.ensci.2021.100339. eCollection 2021 Jun.

2. Mader EC Jr, Rathore SH, England JD, Branch LA, Copeland BJ. Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Catatonia, Delirium, and Seizures in a Patient with Schizoaffective Disorder. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2020 Jan-Feb;8: 2324709620969498. PMID: 33138643

3. Cruz RA, Smith C, Ramos AB, Copeland BJ, and Seal PS. Intracranial Hypertension Secondary to Eosinophilic Meningitis by Angiostrongylus Cantonensis: Case Report with Review of the Literature. J La State Med Soc 2018 May-June;170(3):83-87.

4. Lindsey E and Copeland BJ. Idiopathic basal ganglia calcifications: A case report and brief review of the literature, (2015), J La State Med Soc 2016 Jan-Feb;168(1):29-31. PMID: 26986866

5. Copeland BJ, Fenoy A, Ellmore TM, Liang Q, Ephron V, and Schiess M. Deep brain stimulation of the globus pallidus internus for generalized dystonia with spinocerebellar ataxia type 1: a case report. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface 2014 Jun;17(4):389-92. PMID: 23815390

6. Copeland BJ and Schiess MC. Can mild cognitive impairment predict the development of dementia in Parkinson’s disease? JAMA Neurology 2013;70(5):553. PMID: 23529474

Research

OPTI-ON: Opicapone Treatment Initiation Open-Label Study. Principle Site Investigator.

SPARX3: Study in Parkinson’s Disease of Exercise Phase 3 Clinical Trial. Co-Investigator. Principle Investigator: Jan Hondzinski, PhD.

Assessing the potential of using ISGylation as a liquid biopsy biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases. Co-Investigator. Principle Investigator: Shyamal Desai, PhD

Saccadic eye movements and cognition in neurological disorders. Co-Investigator. Principle Investigator: Deidre Devier, PhD