Dr. Kopelman has been a podiatrist since 1992. He was born in St. Petersburg in 1963, and attended elementary school, middle school, and high school locally. Dr. Kopelman graduated from Emory University in 1986. In 1990, he graduated from Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine, valedictorian of his class. He did a surgical residency for two years at University Medical Center in Plantation, Florida.