BRUCE ZACHARY KAPLAN M.D.
Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey
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Education:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst BA, BS,
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Magna Cum Laude
Sept. 1969-May 1973
Faculte Catholique Libre de Medicine, Lille, France MS
July 1974- June 1976
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, New York, MD Sept.1976- May 1978
Post Graduate Training:
Surgical Intern and Resident, Montefiore Hospital /
Albert Einstein Medical Center,
Bronx, New York, July 1978- July 1980
Urological Surgery, Resident,
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, New York July 1980- July 1981
Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center
Research Year/ Non Accredicted ABMS
Bronx, New York July 1981-July 1982
Anesthesiology Resident and Chief Resident,
New York University Medical Center,
New York, New York, July1982- July 1984
Fellow and Chief Fellow,
CardioThoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland, Ohio, July 1984- July 1985
Pain Medicine Fellowhip,
St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
New York, New York July 2002- Apri; 2003
* Hazelden/ Betty Ford Foundation Addiction Medicine Fellow, Attending Addiction
Medicine Specialist and Director, Pain Management Program, Betty Ford
Foundation October 2015-January 2017.
Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology,
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine,
Bronx, New York, July 1985- July 1986
Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Tufts University School of Medicine, ( BayState )
Boston, Massachusetts
July 1988- July 1989
Clinical Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology
Cornell University School of Medicine
New York, New York July 1991- July 2000
Hospital Affiliation:
Attending Anesthesiologist,
Montefiore Hospital and Albert Einstein Medical Center,
Bronx, New York 1985-1986
Attending Anesthesiologist,
Mercy Hospital
Springfield, Massachusets July 1986- July 1988
Attending Anesthesiologist
BayState Medical Center
July 1988- July 1989
Attending Anesthesiologist
Hospital for Joint Diseases
July 1989- July 1991
Attending Anesthesiologist,
New York Hospital of Queens
Queens, New York, July 1991- July 2000
Attending Anesthesiologist,
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, New York, July 2000- July 2002
Pain Medicine Fellowship
St. Vincents Hospital/New York Medical Center
July 2002- April 2003
Medical Director, Hospice Inn, Hospice Care Network,
North Shore University Health Systems,
Melville, New York, May 2003- June 2004
Physician, Integrative Pain Medicine Group,
Bronx, New York, July 2004 -July 2006
Attending Anesthesiologist,
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center
Pomona and Atlantic City, New Jersey, July 2006- July 2015
Fellow, Attending Addiction Medicine Specialist and Director of the Pain Relief
Program, Betty Ford Foundation, October 2015- January 2017.
Medical Director, Las Vegas Recovery Center
January 2017- January 2018
Medical Licenses:
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
California
Nevada
Certification:
Board Certified, American Board of Addiction Medicine 2014
Board Certified, American Board of Anesthesiology,1985
Academy Certified, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care 1996, 2001
General Certification in Pain Medicine, American Academy of Pain Management 1991-present
General Certification in Medical Acupuncture,
New York and California, 1999- present
Professional Society Membership:
American Academy of Pain Management
American Society of Addiction Medicine
American Society of Anesthesiology
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Care
Honors and Awards
Best Doctors in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
in Pain/ Palliative Medicine/ End of Life Medicine,
New York Magazine, 1999-2001
Director, Pain and Palliative Medical Services,
New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens,
July 1991- July 2000
Member, National Pain Relief Advisory Committee,
American Cancer Society, 1996-2000. Atlanta, Ga.
EPEC (Education for Physician on End of Life Care) Training
Washington, D.C. Nov. 2000
Publications:
Kaplan, B.Z., Opioid desensitization in a terminally ill cancer
patient in pain – physician assisted succor: pain management
and the terminally ill.
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
Tenth Annual Cancer Pain Edition, January 1994
Kaplan, B.Z., A 32 year old woman with endometrial cancer,
intractable crescendo pain, drug addiction and mental illness
in the context of inter-organizational conflict.
Journal of Opioid Management, January 2008
Lectures:
Many and varied concerning 1. Substance use disorders and addiction 2. traditional and alternative pain and symptom management
References:
Dr. Seva Milov, OB/GYN, GYN Robotics
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, Pomona, New Jersey
Telephone #: 609-***-****
Steven Eickelberg M.D. Former Medical Director, Betty Ford Foundation, Rancho Mirage. California 760-***-****
Joseph Skrajewski, Executive Director of Medical Education and Professional Services, Betty Ford Foundation, Rancho Mirage, California 760-***-****
Gisela Ghaemi, PhD. Executive Director, Pain Management Program, Betty Ford Foundation 760- 217-9781
John Seeland, JD. Former CEO, Las Vegas Recovery Center 772-***-****,
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