Dr. Joseph Kaplan
Dr. Joseph Kaplan is one of the co-owners of ACE and a 13-year Army veteran, with two operational deployments. He has been a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician for over 20 years. For nearly 16 of those years, he has trained physicians, mid-level providers, nurses, and medics. He holds instructor certification in ACLS, PALS, and ATLS. During his military tenure, Dr. Kaplan was critically involved in the development of medical doctrine, specifically the use of emergency medical trauma teams in both Iraq and Somalia. His military service culminated with him serving as Martin Army Community Hospital's Chief of Emergency Medical Services. Dr. Kaplan holds an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Mississippi State University and received his MD from the University of Alabama’s School of Medicine.