Joel A. Kaplan, M.D.

Twenty-second Dean 1998-2004

M.D., Jefferson Medical College, 1968

Joel A. Kaplan is a native New Yorker who grew up in Philadelphia.  He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in 1968, and completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania under R. D. Dripps, M.D.  After serving two years in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Dr. Kaplan joined the faculty at Emory University in 1974, where he remained until 1983 when he was recruited to Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  He became a Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology in 1973, a Diplomat of the American Board of Medical Management in 1996, and was designed as a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) by the American College of Physician Executives in 1997.

Kaplan was named a Fellow of the American College of Anesthesiology, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American College of Cardiology.  He served as President of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.

Dr. Kaplan authored or co-authored over 200 manuscripts, textbooks, and review articles.  He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia since 1986, and is past Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia Updates.