StephenJKaplanMDMPH, FACS(He/Him)

General Surgery • Anchorage, AK

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

General Surgeon

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Office
4315 Diplomacy Dr
Department of Surgery
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone+1 907-729-2700

Education & Training

University of WashingtonFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2021 - 2022
Virginia Mason Franciscan HealthResidency, Surgery, 2014 - 2019
University of Washington School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2015 - 2016
Virginia Mason Franciscan HealthInternship, Surgery, 2013 - 2014
University of Arizona College of MedicineClass of 2013, MD
University of ArizonaMPH, Clinical Leadership / Program Design & Evaluation, 2013
Arizona State UniversityBS, Microbiology, 2008
Mesa Community CollegeAAS, Paramedicine, 2006

Certifications & Licensure

AK State Medical License 2022 - 2026
WA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A comparative analysis of video-based surgical assessment: is evaluation of the entire critical portion of the operation necessary?
Caleb W Barnhill, Stephen J Kaplan, Adnan A Alseidi, Shanley B Deal
Surgical Endoscopy. 2022-09-01
15 citations
Thresholds and Mortality Associations of Paraspinous Muscle Sarcopenia in Older Trauma Patients.
Stephen J. Kaplan, K Lynn Zhao, Melanie Koren, Itay Bentov, May J. Reed
JAMA Surgery. 2020-07-01
14 citations
Comparison of costs and short-term clinical outcomes of per-oral endoscopic myotomy and laparoscopic Heller myotomy.
Andrea Wirsching, Piers R. Boshier, Fredrik Klevebro, Stephen J. Kaplan, M F J Seesing
American Journal of Surgery. 2019-10-01

Research History

See Research Gatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen_Kaplan5