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Dr. Robert J Kaplan MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
305 Bicentennial Hwy Innovative Physician Springfield MA, 01118About
Dr. Robert Kaplan is a physiatrist practicing in Springfield, MA. 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
State Univ of Ny Coll of Med Brooklyn MD
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1989
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Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Rotator Cuff Syndrome
- Pain
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