Michael Copass (March 30, 1938 – July 26, 2024) was an American physician and pioneer in emergency medicine.
[1] [2][3] Copass studied at Queen Anne High School.
[1] The Seattle Times described him in a 2000 profile as a "juggernaut in a sweater vest, a man likened to a mix of Albert Schweitzer and Gen. George Patton, with four pagers and a radio strapped to his belt."
Copass met his future wife, Lucy Ames, while studying at Stanford.
[1] Michael Copass died at a skilled nursing facility in Gig Harbor, on July 26, 2024, at the age of 86.