[1] He completed his undergraduate medical studies at the University of Cambridge before gaining admission to St Thomas' Hospital, London, and qualifying in medicine.
[3] In 1965, at a time when leading surgeon Harold Ellis was at Westminster Hospital, Copeman, frequently known as "Dr Spot" by his colleagues, was appointed consultant physician.
[1] "He [Copeman] always wore a spotless white coat over a waistcoat and tie, striding the wards with a crocodile of registrars, students and nurses trailing behind.
[4] Until retirement, he was a consulting dermatologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London[2] and known for treating high profile personalities including Madonna and Diana, Princess of Wales.
[1] He had an appreciation for field sports and was a co-founder of the Game Conservancy, which led him to purchase a 200-acre estate in Abshield near Morpeth, Northumberland, in the 1980s, where he arranged the regeneration of the British grey partridge.