She attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine 6 year BA/MD program. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She completed her general surgery training at the University of California San Diego and her cardiothoracic surgery residency from Loma Linda University. Hannah Copeland then completed a heart, lung, and mechanical circulatory support fellowship from Indiana University. Her research interests include donor heart risk factors, post-heart transplant outcomes and surgical education.