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Hospital Affiliations

A hospital affiliation covers any doctor who has an affiliation, association or admitting privilege with a hospital. A doctor's particular affiliation to a specific hospital can translate to the overall quality of that provider.

Dr. Caplan is affiliated with 2 hospitals:

Methodist Hospital W Pavillion
6447 Main St
Houston, TX

Education

Dr. Caplan attended medical school at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and graduated in 1980 having 32 years experience. Additional General Surgery training was conducted at University Hospital of Southwest Texas Medical Center.

While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.

Aliases

Patients may also know Dr. Richard Caplan as:

• Richard E Caplan
• R Caplan

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