William H. Kaplan, M.D. Voluntary Attending Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry wkaplanmd@verizon.net Primary & Mailing Address: 29 Barstow Road, Suite 104 Great Neck, NY 11021 Tel: (516) 466-2597 Fax: (516) 466-2599 Manhattan Office: 185 West End Avenue, Suite 1L New York, NY 10023-5540 Education: Columbia University School of Public Health and Division of Child 1982-1984 Psychiatry Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Research Fellow in Public Psychiatry and Epidemiology 1980-1982 University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics Fellowship in Child Psychiatry 1978-1980 University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics Resident in Psychiatry 1977-1978 University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics Intern in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine 1973-1977 Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, M.D. 1965-1970 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A. Board Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Child Psychiatry American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Forensic Psychiatry Medical Licensure: New York Memberships: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry New York Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry American Psychiatric Association American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Greater Long Island Psychiatric Society Committee: 1999 Present: Law Guardian Program, 2 nd Judicial Department of New York, Mental Health Professionals Committee
2 Work Experience: 2003-Present Private Practice Voluntary Attending Physician in the Division of Child Psychiatry North Shore-LIJ Health System Coordinator of the Forensic Child Psychiatry Program in Child Psychiatry at Zucker Hillside Hospital and the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System 1998-2003 Director of the Center for Psychiatric Legal Services at the Schneider Children s Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center 1998-1999 Chairperson for the Forensic Committee Greater Long Island Psychiatric Society 1996-1997 Voluntary Attending in the Division of Child Psychiatry Schneider Children s Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center 1992-1999 Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry New York Medical College 1988-1997 Residency Training Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry St. Vincent s Medical Center in Staten Island, New York 1986-1988 Supervising Psychiatrist for Children and Youth South Beach Psychiatric Center 1984-1986 Co-Director of the Runaway Project at the New York State Psychiatric Institute A clinical research project investigating the epidemiology and treatment of runaways. 1984-1985 Research Psychiatrist with Queens Children s Psychiatric Center 1982-1984 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry with Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center Hospital 1982-1984 Senior Psychiatric Consultant, Washington Square Institute 1981-1982 Child Psychiatry Consultant to McKinley Therapeutic School 1981-1982 Child Psychiatry Consultant to the DePage County Health Department 1979-1981 Psychiatric Consultant to the Juvenile Court of Cook County, Illinois
3 Publications: Kaplan, W.H., and Kimball, C.P. Courses and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease: A Biopsychosocial Perspective, in Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology, (eds: T. Millon, C. Green and R. Meagher) Plenum Press, New York, 1982 Kaplan, W.H., Conduct Disorder, in Handbook of Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent, (eds: Kestenbaum, C.and William D.) New York University Press, 1988 Kaplan, W.H., Divorce and Child Custody Disputes What They Mean to Children, in Youth Mental Health Update, (ed: Koplewicz, H.) Volume 8, Number 2, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Schneider Children s Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1995 Presentations: The Relationship Between Depression and Antisocial Behavior Among a Court-Referred Adolescent Population, American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, October 10, 1984 The Relationship Between Depression and Antisocial Behavior, Arden House Conference, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, November 20, 1984 The Relationship Between Depression and Antisocial Behavior, Grand Rounds Presentation, Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, February 19, 1983 Diagnostic Instruments in Child Psychiatry Clinical Application, Grand Rounds, Division of Child Psychiatry, University of Chicago, February 20, 1985 Adolescent Depression in a Delinquent Sample, Research Conference, Division of Child Psychiatry, Emory University, February 26, 1985 Rapid Remission of Depression in Adolescent Delinquents: Reactive Depression? Artifact? Are the Courts Therapeutic? Child Psychiatry Research Colloquium, Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, March 14, 1985 Assessment Approaches and Nosology in Child Psychiatry, Presentation to Medical Staff at Queens Children s Psychiatry Center, April 2, 1985 Depression in a Delinquent Population, Findings From An Epidemiological Study, Grand Rounds, Rockland Children s Psychiatric Center, April 15, 1985
4 Presentations (cont.) Assessment and Treatment of Adolescent Depression and Suicide Risk, Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Staten Island Hospital, September 26, 1985 Clinical Assessment and the Role of Structured Interview Schedules and Self-Report Mood Inventories for Child and Adolescent Depression, Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, St. Vincent s Hospital, December 27, 1985 Alcoholism, Drug Abuse and Conduct Disorder in Adolescents, Psychiatry Residents Lecture Series, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, February 19, 1986 Epidemiological and Clinical Findings of the Runaway Project in New York City, Harvard University Conference on the Homeless in America, March 25, 1986 Psychiatric Problems of Runaway Youth, Grand Rounds, Rockland Children s Psychiatric Center, April 9, 1986 Update on the Clinical Research from the Runaway Project of New York City, Division of Child Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, April 23, 1986 Current Approaches to Assessment and Treatment in Behavioral Pediatrics, Organizer and Moderator, Department of Pediatrics, Staten Island Hospital, May 18, 1986 Conduct Disorder, Child Psychiatry Fellows Lecture Series, Division of child Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, August 13, 1986 Psychiatric Aspects of Runaways in New York City, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, November 4, 1986 Assessment and Treatment of Depression and Suicide Risk Among Runaway Youth, Workshop at the Mapleton Children at Rick Conference, South Beach Psychiatric Center, December 5, 1986 The Role of the Psychiatrist in Divorce, Grand Rounds, St. Vincent s Medical Center of Richmond, April 13, 1992
5 Presentations (cont.) Mock Trial Child Custody Case Presentation, Grand Rounds, Schneider Children s Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, April 13, 1994 Interface Between Psychiatry and The Law, Grand Rounds, St. Vincent s Medical Center of Richmond, December 16, 1994 Interface Between Psychiatry and The Law, Part II, Grand Rounds, St. Vincent s Medical Center of Richmond, April 21, 1995 Mock Trial Child Custody Case Presentation, Grand Rounds, Schneider Children s Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, November 16, 1995 Overview of Forensic Psychiatry, Grand Rounds, St. John s Hospital, January 4, 1996 Psychological Aspects in Adoption, Grand Rounds, Huntington Hospital, January 23, 1996 Mock Trial of a Child Sex Abuse Case, Grand Rounds, St. Vincent s Medical Center of Richmond, March 15, 1996 Civil Litigation Concerning Neuropsychiatric Effects of Lead Ingestion in Children, Grand Rounds, Schneider Children s Hospital, January 16, 1997 The Law and Child Psychiatry, Grand Rounds, St. Luke s-roosevelt Hospital, October 1, 1997 Mock Trial of an Adolescent Sex Offender Case, Grand Rounds, Schneider Children s Hospital, March 19, 1998 Mock Trial of an Adolescent Sex Offender and Treatment Issues Involving an Adolescent Sex Offender, Grand Rounds, Hillside Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, March 17, 1999. Civil Litigation Concerning Psychiatric Damages to a Minor Appearing on Controversial Television Program; Mock Trial Investigates Special Rights and Protections Accorded to Minors vs. First Amendment Rights of Producers, Grand Rounds, Schneider Children s Hospital, March 18, 1999
6 Presentations: (cont.) Mock Trial Involving Child Sexual Abuse Within the Context of a Custody Dispute, Grand Rounds Presentation in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Schneider Children s Hospital on March 16, 2000 The Role of Personality Disorder and Aggression in Forensic Psychiatry, Judicial Seminar in Collaboration with the Office of Court Administration and the North Shore-LIJ Health System on October 22, 2001 How to Interview Children In Camera, From A Developmental Perspective, Presentation Before Matrimonial Supreme Court Judges in Nassau County on December 5, 2001 Mock Trial Involving Child Custody and Bipolar Illness, Grand Rounds Presentation in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Schneider Children s Hospital on March 15, 2002 Current Issues In Forensic Child Psychiatry, Sagamore Psychiatric Center Grand Rounds on 10/17/02 Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents, at the Valley Stream School District to Professional Educational and Mental Health Staff on November 5, 2002 Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Adolescents, at the Sewanicka School District to Professional Educational and Mental Health Staff on November 5, 2002 Current Research and Treatment for Conduct Disorder in Adolescents, Grand Rounds Presentation at Pederson-Krag on November 13, 2002 Mock Trial in the Case of a Termination of Parental Rights Under the Social Service Law 384B, Grand Rounds Presentation in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the Schneider Children s Hospital on March 13, 2003 The Child Psychiatrist as Expert Witness, Grand Rounds Presentation to the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center and Schneider Children s Hospital on March 25, 2004 The Issue of Custody and Domestic Violence, Presentation at the Suffolk Academy of Law Conference on Domestic Violence Courts in Suffolk County on 5/24/04
7 Presentations: (cont) Mock trial of a child custody case with a focus on relocation, training program for the child psychiatry fellows at Zucker Hillside Hospital March 31, 2006 Mock trial of a child sex abuse case in an elementary school setting, focus on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the role of the expert witness, training program for the child psychiatry fellows at Zucker Hillside Hospital on May 11, 2007 Mock trial of a teenage sex abuse case in a church setting focus on Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder and the role of the psychiatric expert, training program for the child psychiatry fellows at Zucker Hillside Hospital on April 18, 2008 Participant as expert witness in mock trial of a child custody case with a focus on Frye/Daubert issues, sponsored by the Law Guardian Program, 2 nd Judicial Department, New York, training for mental health professionals, 5/16/08 Mock Trial of an alleged child sex abuse case in a New York City Public School before the Honorable Arthur Diamond of the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County. Participants were child psychiatry fellows from Zucker Hillside Hospital as part of the Resident Training Program under the supervision of William H. Kaplan, M.D. March 27, 2009. Referenced in the New York Law Journal, March 31, 2009. Presentation Clinical Aspects of Equitable Estoppel to Fall Seminar for Attorneys Representing Children Sponsored by First and Second Departments at Westchester Supreme Court. October 1, 2010 Mock Trial before the Honorable Arthur Diamond of the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County in the Child Custody of a 5 year old boy with Asperger s Disorder. April 15, 2011. Presentation on the Psychotropic Medication of Children before the Appellate Division, 2 nd Judicial Department and the Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee at the Westchester County Supreme Court on November 4, 2011. The Role of the Forensic Expert in Child Psychiatry presented at Grand Rounds, Sagamore Children s Psychiatric Center. December 16, 2011. Mock Trial presentation before the Honorable Arthur Diamond of the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County in a child custody case involving Parental Alienation and Munchausen by Proxy on March 30, 2012.
8 William H. Kaplan, M.D. (cont.) Presentations: (cont) Mock Trial presentation before the Honorable Arthur Diamond of the New York State Supreme Court in Nassau County involving special needs children in a child custody case on June 7, 2013 Adolescent Brain Development and Juvenile Justice presented at The Annual Fall Seminar for Attorneys for Children, State of New York, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, Honorable Randall T. Eng, Presiding Justice and Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee, Tenth Judicial District, Nassau, Honorable Edmund M. Dane, Chair, October 23, 2013 Research Award: William T. Grant Foundation, Project Title: A Study of Depressive Disorders in Youth Referred for Antisocial Behavior to the Rockland County Family Court