Gerald F. Kaplan - Washington, DC

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968
    M.D., Doctor of Medicine
    Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1964
    A.B., Bachelor of Arts

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Past Positions

• Columbia Presbyterian Hospital of New York, Surgical Internship, 1968 - 1969
• Captain Medical Corps, United States Army, 1969 - 1971

Languages

• German

Classes and Seminars

• Temple University
  
• School of Business and Real Estate
  
• Adjunct Instructor - Law and Society
  
• Complex Personal Injury - "Plaintiff's Counsel's Point of View" Del-Chester Claims Association, March 11, 1992
  
• "Trial Evidence" Panelist - Pennsylvania Bar Association/ PBS Mid-year Meeting, CLE, November 9, 1994
  
• Anatomy and Physiology of The Human Heart, Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, Law in Medicine Series, CLE, November 15, 1994
  
• Medical Malpractice in General Surgical Issues, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyer's Association, CLE 2 New Medical Negligence Seminars, April 18-19, 1995; Philadelphia
  
• Causation Pitfalls in Medical Malpractice, Pennsylvania Bar Association - Second Annual Conference, April 28-29, 1995; Philadelphia
  
• Winning your Case Before Trial, Pre-Trial Practice & Depositions "Videotape Depositions", Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, CLE, December 19, 1995; Philadelphia
  
• Medicine for Lawyers, Philadelphia Bar Association, CLE Course Planner and Lecturer, September 27, 1996; Philadelphia
  
• Risk Management, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Guest Lecturer, Spring Institute, April 4-6, 1997, Orlando, Florida
  
• Medicine for Lawyers, Montgomery County Trial Lawyers, CLE Lecturer/Planner, April 9, 1997, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
  
• Anatomy and Medical Jargon For Lawyers, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, CLE, Course Planner and Speaker, July 24, 1997, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Residents Meeting, Guest Speaker: Risk Management, April, 1998, Birmingham, Alabama
  
• How to Survive A Deposition, Just When You Thought It Was Safe, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Convention, October 6 - 7, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts
  
• Risk Management, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Resident’s Conference, April 24 -25, 1999, Galveston, Texas
  
• Risk Management, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Guest Speaker - International Meeting, October 25, 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana
  
• Risk Management In The Office and Patient Selection, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Senior Resident’s Conference, November 20 - 22, 1999, Orlando, Florida
  
• Understanding Medical Charts and Procedures, A Practical Guide For Trial Lawyers, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, December 21, 1999, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
  
• Surviving a Deposition, American Society of Plastic Surgery, National Conference, October 16, 17, 2000, Los Angeles, California
  
• Risk Management, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Senior Resident’s Conference, March 31, 2001, Providence, Rhode Island
  
• Cash Is King: Getting Paid Under State and Federal Law In Pennsylvania - Anecdotal Issues, Lorman Educational Services, May 8, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
• You’ve Been Sued - Now What?, American Society Of Plastic Surgeons, International Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 6, 2001
  
• The Nuts and Bolts of a Medical Malpractice Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, CLE, Mechanicsburg, PA, November 8, 2001
  
• The Nuts and Bolts of a Medical Malpractice Case, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, CLE, Philadelphia, PA, November 13, 2001

Pro Bono Activities

• Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity, Honorary Director
• National United Cerebral Palsy Association, Professional Services Committee, 1984 - 1986
• President, Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy Foundation of Philadelphia and Vicinity, 1982-1984
• Board of Directors, American Cancer Society - N.E. Montco Division, 1980-1981
• President Board of Directors, Quietmind Foundation, 2010 - Present
• Complex Litigation Pro Bono Service Award – Judge Pro Tempore, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, March 2011

Published Works

Articles

• Trial Practice Litigation (Contributing Author) Thermography & Personal Injury Litigation, 1987
  
• Analysis of the Hospital Chart Insurance Council Journal, April, 1985
  
• Diagnostic Tools The Brief, Spring, 1985
  
• False Aneurysms of the Left Ventricle, Pennsylvania Med., 1974
  
• The Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Orthopedic Clinics of North Amer., April, 1975
  
• Medullary Carcinoma of the Breast, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, May, 1977
• Proper Analysis of a Hospital Chart, Insurance Counsel Journal, April, 1985
• Diagnostic Tools, The Brief, Vol. 14, No. 3, Spring, 1985
• Potential Medical Negligence Claims, The Barrister, Vol. XVII, No. 1, Spring, 1986
• Medical Palaver - A Monthly Column, The Verdict, 1987-88
• Thermography and Personal Injury Litigation, Samuel D. Hodge, Jr., Esq., Editor, Chapters Two and Four, John Wiley & Sons, 1987
• Did You Know?, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Quarterly Newsletter Column, Spring, 1999 - Spring, 2000

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1987
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1987

Other Affiliations

• United Cerebral Palsy, PA, 1980 - 1982 (President, Board of Directors)