Email

holland.kaplan@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Assistant Professor

Department of Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy - Clinical
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

MD from Baylor College of Medicine

06/2017 - Houston, United States

Medical ethics

BA from Texas A&M University

05/2013 - College Station, Texas, United States

Philosophy, Biological Sciences

Clinical Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2023 - Houston, Texas, United States

Clinical Ethics

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2019 - Houston, Texas

Internal Medicine

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2021 - Houston, Texas, United States

Internal Medicine Chief Residency

Honors & Awards

Journal of General IM Editorial Fellowship

2025-2026

BCM Section of General IM Social Justice Award

2025

Society of General IM Association of Chiefs and Leaders in General IM LEAD Program

2025-2026

Stephen and Lisa Greenberg Ben Taub Faculty Award

2024

BCM Annual Section of General IM Academic Day

2023

BCM Henry D. McIntosh Award for Outstanding Resident in Medicine

2020

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society Inductee

2020

New England Journal of Medicine Chief Resident Blogger

2020-2021

Gold Humanism Society Inductee

2017

Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics,

2016

Professional Interests

• Academic hospital medicine
• Medical education
• Clinical ethics
• Medical decision-making
• Medicine after the Holocaust
• Ethical challenges in care for the underserved

Websites

Selected Publications

• Kaplan, H., Barnum, B., Burford, A., Nelson, R., & Henriksen, J.. " Changing “Hats”: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practice Proposals for Dual-Role Clinical Ethicists " HEC Forum. 2026 Sep 16; doi: 10.1007/s10730-026-09615-7.
  Pubmed PMID: 42747713.
• Kaplan, H., Boulahouache, L., Sarnala, S., & Ward, R.. " Consent Practices for Unrepresented Patients After Implementation of Dual-Physician Authorization in a Safety-Net Healthcare System " J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Jul 30; doi: 10.1007/s11606-026-10671-5..
  Pubmed PMID: 42533265.
• Blumenthal‐Barby, J., Bibler, T. M., Kaplan, H., Omelianchuk, A., & Smolenski, J. " Can I Get a Witness? The Ethical Dimensions of Family Presence in Patient Suffering " Hastings Cent Rep. 2026 Jul ; 56 (4) : 19-24.
  Pubmed PMID: 42475125.
• Kaplan H, Nicholson CP Jr, Brandt ML. " Imposter syndrome: Reframing self-doubt in medicine " J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Sep ; 61 (9) : 163201.
  Pubmed PMID: 42119632.
• Kaplan H. " The role of hospitalists in bedside ethics education for medical trainees " J Hosp Med. 2026 Sep ; 21 (9) : 1051-1054.
  Pubmed PMID: 42036931.
• Kaplan, Holland, Soraira Pacheco, Keziah Thomas, Christopher Ulmschneider, Anjiya Sulaiman, Chandni Lotwala, et al. " Medical Aid in Dying: A Narrative Review of the Recent Academic Literature in the United States " Cureus. 2026 Feb 23; 18 (2) : doi: 10.7759/cureus.10413.
  Pubmed PMID: 41909282.
• Am J Bioeth. " Reflecting on Principlism: Explaining, But Not Guiding, Clinical Ethics Analysis " Omelianchuk, Adam, Joanna Smolenski, Holland Kaplan, et al.. 2026 Mar ; 26 (3) : 19-25.
  Pubmed PMID: 41090953.
• Suh, Michelle, Marc Robinson, and Holland Kaplan.. " A Narrative Review of Dual Loyalty Conflicts in Custodial Settings and Implications for Community Practice " Health Hum Rights. 2025 Dec ; 27 (2) : 375-392.
  Pubmed PMID: 41536724.
• Kaplan, Holland. " The Importance of Structured Reassessment for Unrepresented Patients Receiving Burdensome Life-Sustaining Treatments " Am J Bioeth. 2025 Sep ; 25 (9) : 91-94.
  Pubmed PMID: 40825283.
• 9. Ward, Ryan and Holland Kaplan. " Dual-Physician Decision-Making for Unrepresented Patients: Legal and Ethical Obligations for the Second Nontreating Physician " J Clin Ethics. 2025 ; 36 (2) : 152-157.
  Pubmed PMID: 40397980.
• Holland Kaplan, Anna Cabot, Peter Ubel. " Health Care in an Evolving Immigration Landscape — Providing Care while Upholding the Law " N Engl J Med. 2025 Jun 5; 392 (21)
  Pubmed PMID: 40305691.
• Holland Kaplan, Kristin Kostick-Quenet, Benjamin Lang, Robert J Volk, Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby. " Impact of personalized risk scores on shared decision making in left ventricular assist device implantation: Findings from a qualitative study " Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Sep ; 11 (30) : doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2024.108418..
  Pubmed PMID: 39288559.
• Kaplan, HM, Rana, R, Kulkarni, PA. " Implementation of a Night-Float Curriculum: Impact on Intern Confidence over Time " Southern Medical Journal. 2022 Aug ; 115 (8)
  Pubmed PMID: 35922052.

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Memberships

American Society of Bioethics and Humanities

(07/2021)

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

(05/2020)

National Gold Humanism Honor Society

(05/2017)

Languages

Dutch