Dr. Benjamin Kaplan

Dr. Benjamin Kaplan followed an unusual path to attain his degree in medicine. He graduated from the University of Florida (UF) with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and Political Science, where he played drums and traveled with the UF Band. He completed his Doctor of Medicine degree at the Medical School for International Health in Collaboration with Columbia University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. During this time, he took a year in 2005-2006, to complete a Masters of Public Health at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, specializing in Public Health Preparedness and Practice. This coincided with Hurricane Katrina and he participated in a Capstone Project, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Leadership in Times of Disaster</em>; an analysis of best leadership qualities based on leadership demonstrated following the destruction caused by Katrina. He also participated in a retrospective chart- based study on patients admitted to a teaching and referral hospital in Kenya. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine in Livingston, New Jersey, where he served as assistant chief resident. At Saint Barnabas, he was part of a new approach to teach humanism in medicine through poetry, short stories and essays. Pauline Chen, MD writing for the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The New York Times</em> published an article on this approach and quoted Dr. Kaplan , also using a lead photo of him with patients (Sept. 23, 2008,<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> New York Times).</em> Dr. Kaplan is interested in cardiology, cardiovascular disease and sports medicine in an internal medicine practice. He is board eligible. He is accepting new patients. Internal Medicine physicians at the Orlando Health Faculty Practice may be found at their new office located at 21 West Columbia Street. Appointments may be made by calling 321-841-6600.