BruceZKaplanMD

Addiction Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Pain Medicine, Perioperative Care

Addiction medicine specialist

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Dr. Bruce Kaplan is an anesthesiologist based in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, with subspecialties in Addiction Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, Pain Medicine, and Perioperative Care. His education includes a fellowship in Pain Medicine at New York Medical College and an Addiction Medicine fellowship at Hazelden/Betty Ford Clinic. Dr. Kaplan completed his residency in Anesthesiology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Kaplan has contributed to several publications focusing on opioid management and palliative care in cancer patients. He has been recognized as one of the Best Doctors in Pain and Palliative Medicine by New York Magazine and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Hazelden/Betty Ford Clinic, Rancho MirageFellowship, Addiction Medicine, 2015 - 2017
Westchester Medical CenterFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2003 - 2004
Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Anesthesiology, 1984 - 1985
NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Anesthesiology, 1982 - 1984
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Urology, 1980 - 1981
Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore (New Rochelle)Internship, Transitional Year, 1978 - 1979
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1978
Faculte Catholique Libre de MedicineMS, 1974 - 1976
University of Massachusetts, AmherstBA/BS, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1969 - 1973

Best Doctors in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in Pain/ Palliative Medicine/ End of Life Medicine New York Magazine, 1999
Phi Beta Kappa University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Phi Kappa Phi University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Journal Articles

A 32 year old woman with endometrial cancer, intractable crescendo pain, drug addiction and mental illness in the context of inter-organizational conflict
Kaplan, B.Z., Journal of Opioid Management, 1/1/2008
Opioid desensitization in a terminally ill cancer patient in pain � physician assisted succor: pain management and the terminally ill
Kaplan, B.Z., American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, 1/1/1994

Inspira Health Center Unveils Inpatient Detox Unit -- the First in South JerseyJuly 12th, 2018