Alexander Kaplan, MD

Dr. Kaplan is a fellow in the LGBTQIA+ Health program at UCLA for 2025-2026. He earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School where he held leadership roles in multiple LGBTQIA+ student organizations and developed a curriculum aimed at advancing health advocacy for LGBTQIA+ communities. While in medical school, he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and was selected as Peer Mentor of the Year. Dr. Kaplan completed internal medicine residency at Emory University School of Medicine in the Primary Care Track, with additional training in HIV care through the HIV Area of Distinction. His research focused on disparities in access to long-acting injectable cabotegravir (LAI-CAB) pre-exposure prophylaxis, and he developed peer education lectures on DoxyPEP, LAI-CAB, and preventive care for gender-diverse patients.