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Sheldon J. Kaplan,
M.D. specializes in all areas of
Vitreo-Retinal
diseases and surgery. He is heavily involved in area Sight Loss
Support Groups, having founded three of them in Berks County,
Schuylkill County and Susquehanna County. Most recently, he
organized the Pottstown Sight Loss Support Group. The purpose of
these groups is to help those patients with sight loss adapt to
their disability.
Dr. Kaplan took his
undergraduate degree at Colgate University, and his medical training
at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He spent a
clerkship for neurology in London at the Queens Square Neurologic
Institute, followed by two years in health service. He then
completed one year of medical residency at Boston City Hospital
Tufts Medical Division. Dr. Kaplan than completed a three year
ophthalmology residency at Boston University, Tufts Affiliated
Program. Dr. Kaplan also trained as a Vitreo-Retinal surgeon in a
major diabetic center in Wisconsin with Dr. Matthew Davis.
For two and a half
years, he researched diabetic and radiation retinopathy. In
completing his Vitreo-Retinal fellowship, he performed multiple
retinal detachment and vitreo-retinal surgeries. He has presented
papers to various ophthalmologic groups on many aspects of vitreo-retinal
disease and surgery. He spent 10 months on the Hospital Ship Hope,
treating and training his Brazilian counterparts in Brazil in
retinal surgery. He spent one month working in the Missionary
Hospital in Nicaragua, as an ophthalmologist.
Dr. Kaplan joined
our practice in 1986, after being the Chief of Vitreo-Retinal
Service at the Geisinger Medical Center. Dr Kaplan is experienced in
the use of perflourocarbon liquids, SF6 and C3F8 gases in the repair
of complicated retinal detachment. Dr. Kaplan is also trained in advanced vitrectomy, scleral buckle and laser procedures for treatment of diabetic eye diseases, macular puckers, macular holes, subretinal hemorrhage and age-related macular degeneration, including PhotoDynamic Therapy (PDT), intravitreal Macugen injection for wet ARMD and intravitreal Kenalog injection for Macular Edema. He has staff privileges at Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center,
the Reading Hospital and
Medical Center and The Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic.
Dr. Kaplan is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and
is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.
His professional
association memberships include:
- American and PA
Academies of Ophthalmology
- Former President
of the Mid Pennsylvania Affiliate of the American Diabetic
Association
- American Diopter
and Decibel Society
- American
Federation of Medical Boards
- American Society
for the Advancement of Science
- American,
Pennsylvania and Berks County Medical Societies
- Atlantic Coast
Fluorescein Club
- Atlantic Coast
Vitreo-Retinal Club
- East Coast
Fluorescein Club
- New York Academy
of Science
- Vitreous Society
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