David Kaplan MD

Dr. David E. Kaplan is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as Director of Hepatology at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Administration Medical Center, where he directs a regional hepatocellular carcinoma program.

Dr. Kaplan maintains a VA-funded translational research laboratory focusing on the immunopathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma and the development of personalized medicine platforms for liver cancer therapy. He extensively collaborates with VA investigators in large database studies studying pharmaco-epidemiological associations in cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. He currently serves as chairperson of the AASLD Foundation Research Awards Committee.