Bar Fellowship
American College of Surgeons, October, 1979
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1979-1996, Honorary Director at Present
National United Cerebral Palsy Association, Professional Services Committee, 1984-1986
President, Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1982-84
Board of Directors, American Cancer Society - N.E. Montco Division, 1980-1981
President Board of Directors, Quietmind Foundation, 2010 through present
Complex Litigation Pro Bono Service Award-Judge Pro Tempore, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, March 2011
MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
False Aneurysms of the Left Ventricle, Pennsylvania Med., 1974
The Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Orthopedic Clinics of North Amer., April, 1975
Medullary Carcinoma of the Breast, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, May, 1977
LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Proper Analysis of a Hospital Chart, Insurance Counsel Journal, April, 1985
Diagnostic Tools, The Brief, Vol. 14, No. 3, Spring, 1985
Potential Medical Negligence Claims, The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 1,Spring, 1986
Medical Palaver - A Monthly Column, The Verdict, 1987-88
Thermography and Personal Injury Litigation
Samuel D. Hodge, Jr., Esq., Editor
Chapters Two and Four
John Wiley & Sons, 1987
Did You Know?
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Quarterly Newsletter Column
Spring, 1999 - Spring, 2000
TEACHING:
Temple University, School of Business and Real Estate, Adjunct Instructor - Law and Society, Summer Semester, May - June, 1999, Fall Semester, September - December, 1999, Spring Semester, 2000
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS:
Complex Personal Injury -
"Plaintiff's Counsel's Point of View" Del-Chester Claims Association, March 11, 1992
"Trial Evidence," Panelist - Pennsylvania Bar Association/ PBS mid-year meeting, CLE, November 9, 1994
Anatomy and Physiology of The Human Heart, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Law in Medicine Series, CLE, November 15, 1994
Medical Malpractice in General Surgical Issues, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association, CLE, 2 New Medical Negligence Seminars, April 18-19, 1995; Philadelphia
Causation Pitfalls in Medical Malpractice, Pennsylvania Bar Association - Second Annual Conference, April 28-29, 1995; Philadelphia
Winning your Case Before Trial, Pre-Trial Practice & Depositions, "Videotape Depositions," Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, CLE, December 19, 1995; Philadelphia
Medicine for Lawyers, Philadelphia Bar Association, CLE Course Planner and Lecturer, September 27, 1996; Philadelphia
Risk Management, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Guest Lecturer, Spring Institute, April 4-6, 1997, Orlando, Florida
Medicine for Lawyers, Montgomery County Trial Lawyers, CLE, Lecturer/Planner, April 9, 1997, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Anatomy and Medical Jargon For Lawyers, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, CLE, Course Planner and Speaker, July 24, 1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Residents Meeting, Guest Speaker: Risk Management, April, 1998, Birmingham, Alabama
How to Survive A Deposition, Just When You Thought It Was Safe, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Convention, October 6 - 7, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts
Risk Management, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Resident's Conference, April 24 -25, 1999, Galveston, Texas
Risk Management, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Guest Speaker - International Meeting, October 25, 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana
Risk Management In The Office and Patient Selection, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Resident's Conference, November 20 - 22, 1999, Orlando, Florida
Understanding Medical Charts and Procedures, A Practical Guide For Trial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, December 21, 1999, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
Surviving a Deposition, American Society of Plastic Surgery, National Conference, October 16, 17, 2000, Los Angeles, California
Risk Management, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Senior Resident's Conference, March 31, 2001, Providence, Rhode Island
Cash Is King: Getting Paid Under State and Federal Law In Pennsylvania - Anecdotal Issues, Lorman Educational Services, May 8, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
You've Been Sued - Now What?, American Society Of Plastic Surgeons, International Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2001
The Nuts and Bolts of a Medical Malpractice Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, CLE, Mechanicsburg, PA, November 8, 2001
The Nuts and Bolts of a Medical Malpractice Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, CLE, Philadelphia, PA, November 13, 2001
September 2007 through February 2008:
Court appointed Patient Care Ombudsman in connection with the federal bankruptcy proceedings of the Barnert Hospital, 680 Broadway, Paterson, NJ 07514-1472 in conjunction with Charles M. Golden, Esquire, Trustee OBERMAYER REBMANN MAXWELL & HIPPEL LLP One Penn Center, 19th Floor 1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19103
November 2001 thru June 2012:
Since 2001, Mr. Kaplan has continued to lecture once or twice yearly to members of the American College of Plastic Surgeons, addressing best practice and risk management issues with both the general membership and with the graduating senior plastic surgical residents.
Through late 2005, Mr. Kaplan was a once or twice yearly lecturer and panel member for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, presenting Continuing Legal Education materials relating to medical malpractice issues. For five or six years during this period, he taught at the Jefferson Medical College, assisting and teaching in the freshman medical students' Anatomy laboratory.
Over the past 8 years or more he has presented risk management lectures at the American College of Surgeons national meetings and yearly lectures to the Senior Residents of the American College of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
2000-2011
Yearly risk management lectures to the Senior Residents of the American College of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
2011
President Board of Directors Quietmind Foundation, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow: American College of Surgeons.
