{"id":8676,"date":"2024-09-13T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T13:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=8676"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:57:32","slug":"rachel-caplan-md","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/profile\/rachel-caplan-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel A. Caplan, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rachel A. Caplan, MD is a practicing neurologist at Boston Medical Center and an assistant professor of Neurology at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She received her BA in English from Yale University, followed by her MD at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her neurology residency at Mass General Brigham, then practiced general neurology. <span>She has been in practice between 6-10 years. Dr. Rachel Caplan has expertise in treating sleep apnea, Parkinson&#8217;s disease, neck pain and spine problems, among other conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Board Certification<\/strong>: Neurology<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span class=\"read-more__more\" hidden=\"\">at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia before completing her neuromuscular fellowship back at Mass General Brigham. Her clinical focus is in neuromuscular disorders and EMG, general neurology, and hospital-based neurology. She is passionate about teaching medical students, residents, and physicians from other subspecialities.<\/span>Publications<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Caplan R<\/strong>, Agarwal S, Dastidar J. Physician Family Conflict Following Cardiac Arrest: A Qualitative Study. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics. 2023 October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Caplan RA<\/strong>, Zuflacht JP, Barash JA, Fehnel CR. Neurotoxicology Syndromes Associated with Drugs of Abuse. Neurol Clin. 2020 Nov;38(4):983-996. doi: 10.1016\/j.ncl.2020.08.005. PMID: 33040873; PMCID: PMC7574350.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Miyawaki EK, Hsu L, Bhattacharyya S, O&#8217;Hare MJ, Roy A, Kett L, <strong>Caplan RA<\/strong>, Dattilo LW, Jo VY, Guenette JP. Fibrosing Inflammatory Pseudotumor Presenting as Cranial Neuropathy. Case Rep Neurol. 2020 Jul 1;12(2):247-254.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Young MJ, <strong>Caplan RA<\/strong>, Connolly I, Matiello M, Mateen, FJ. Hallucinations Associated With Clarithromycin. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021 Summer;33(3):230-232. doi: 10.1176\/appi.neuropsych.20100253. Epub 2021 Mar 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haddad NR, <strong>Caplan R<\/strong>, Houtchens MK, Lyndon S. Delayed-Onset Poststroke Psychosis Presenting As Delusional Disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021 Fall;33(4):342-344. doi: 10.1176\/appi.neuropsych.20100260. Epub 2021 Jul 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Caplan R<\/strong>, Brizzi K. Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. Chapter in What Do I Do Now: Pain Management in Palliative Care, Oxford University Press, 2022 March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":935,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/8676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/8676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8728,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/8676\/revisions\/8728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}