Dr. Jerrold Kaplan M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2200 Whitney Ave Suite 200 Hamden CT, 06518About
Dr. Jerrold Kaplan is a physiatrist practicing in Hamden, CT. Dr. Kaplan is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Kaplan focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Kaplan can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania 1988
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1988
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- Pain
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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