David Caplan, MD, PhD
David Caplan, MD, PhD
About David Caplan, MD, PhD
My subspecialty is Cognitive Disorders, especially language disorders
Clinical Interests:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Behavioral neurology
- Language disorders
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Languages:
- French
Locations
Mass General Neurology: Cognitive Behavioral Neurology Unit
55 Fruit St.
Wang Ambulatory Care Center
Suite 835
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2273
Medical Education
- MD, McGill University Faculty of Medicine
- Residency, Longwood Rehabilitation Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
My research is on syntactic processing in sentence comprehension, using fMRI, MEG and morphometric analysis of lesions in correlation studies with task performance in neurologically intact individuals and individuals with neurological disease.
Publications
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- Caplan, D. (2006). fMRI studies of syntactic processing, Current Medical Imaging Reviews,
- Caplan, D. (2007). Functional neuroimaging studies of syntactic processing in sentence comprehension: A critical selective review. Language and Linguistic Compass, 1, 3247.
- Caplan, D. (2009) Experimental Design and Interpretation of Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Cognitive Processes, Human Brain Mapping, 30, 59-77
- Caplan, D (2010) BOLD signal correlates of implicit syntactic processing and their implications for effects of task on parsing and interpretation, Language and Cognitive Processes
Reviews: Comments and Ratings
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Dr. Caplan was great not only explaining my present situation but also what choices might lie ahead for me. He told me I could reconnect whenener I felt I needed to, which was very reassuring
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Kind, caring and very informative, explained all tests and future tests, highly recommend Dr Caplan
He was clearly complete and informed about my background as his patient for several years and that if I had any questions I should make an appt to see him.
A complete exam of the problem with explanations and humor and facts that were easy to understand. The most pleasant experience with medicine that I've had in awhile. Many thanks to Dr. caplan
I found Dr. Kaplan to be a little dismissive. I didn't feel like he took a full medical history pertaining to my brain and mental health, which is what I was there to discuss my cognitive abilities. And then when I raised that, I think he was a little dismissive and said, if I wanted to talk to someone else who was more chatty that I could pursue ... Read More
Dr.Caplan was excellent in all respects.
Dr Caplan is obviously qualified. I have rarely felt he is truly interested in me. [redacted] He was better in our most recent virtual visit about not being dismissive, yet I feel it was because he had a Resident Physician on the visit [redacted]
Dr. Caplan was informative and helpful with an approach to help my brother.
Dr. Caplan was very attentive, knowledgeable, and caring. So, it was a very good visit.