Gary Kaplan, D.O.

Founder, Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine
Chronic Pain and Illness Specialist

A pioneer and leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Kaplan is often regarded as the “physician of last resort.” He successfully treats patients from around the world who have run out of options and second opinions.

Dr. Kaplan is the founder and medical director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine and author of Total Recovery: A Revolutionary New Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Pain and Depression.

He is one of only 19 physicians in the country to be board-certified in both Family Medicine and Pain Medicine and is board-certified in Medical Acupuncture. He has been a consultant at NIH and from 2013–2018 served on the Advisory Committee to the Health and Human Services on ME/CFS.

A clinical associate professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Kaplan chaired a program on Autoimmune Encephalopathy of Infectious Etiology in conjunction with Georgetown in June 2019.

He is currently working on a book for patients and practitioners on the role of the immune system in chronic pain, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-treatment Lyme disease.