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Richard Kaplon
Richard J. Kaplon, M.D.
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Background
Phillips Academy, Andover (1981)
Columbia College (BA 1985)
Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge (1983-4)
Columbia University (PhD Philosophy candidate 1985-7)
NYU School of Medicine (MD 1989)
NYU General Surgery Residency (1989-96)
Columbia P&S CT Transplant Fellow (1992-4)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation CT Residency (1996-9)
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Asst Prof, Director Artificial Heart Program 1999-2002
Cardiac Surgeon, Mercy General Hospital/Mercy San Juan Medical Center, 2002-2021
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (MHCM 2019)
Chief, Cardiac Surgery, Danbury Hospital 2021-present
Other Interests
Min Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Valvular Repairative Surgery
Min Invasive Aortic Valve surgery
Min Invasive Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
LV Remodeling Surgery
Mechanical Circulatory Assist
Practice Areas
- Cardiac