Dr. Lee Michael Kaplan MD PHD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
55 Fruit Street Blk 4 Gastroenterology Ass Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Lee Kaplan is a gastroenterologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Kaplan specializes in the digestive system and its diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract, which include organs from the mouth to the anus as well as liver disorders. Gastroenterology includes conditions such as hepatitis, peptic ulcer disease, colitis, nutritional problems and irritable bowel syndrome. Dr. Kaplan performs colonoscopy and endoscopy procedures and provides accurate and thorough care for patients suffering from digestive issues.
Education and Training
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Body weight regulation and obesity.
- Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 25-2004. A 49-year-old woman with severe obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.
- Pharmacological therapies for obesity.
- Gastrointestinal management of the bariatric surgery patient.
- Addressing the big challenge of obesity: how to prevent regain of lost weight.
- An evidenced-based assessment of preoperative weight loss in bariatric surgery.
- Capacity for physical activity predicts weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
- An endoluminal sleeve induces substantial weight loss and normalizes glucose homeostasis in rats with diet-induced obesity.
- Is it time to change the way we report and discuss weight loss?
- Endoscopic interventions for weight loss surgery.
- Radiographic appearance of endoscopic duodenal-jejunal bypass liner for treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
- Common body mass index-associated variants confer risk of extreme obesity.
- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass enhances energy expenditure and extends lifespan in diet-induced obese rats.
- Alternative splicing of TCF7L2 gene in omental and subcutaneous adipose tissue and risk of type 2 diabetes.
- Multi-organ expression profiling uncovers a gene module in coronary artery disease involving transendothelial migration of leukocytes and LIM domain binding 2: the Stockholm Atherosclerosis Gene Expression (STAGE) study.
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Practice At 55 Fruit Street Blk 4 Gastroenterology Associates
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