Kelby B. Kaplan, PT, DPT, EdD

EdD with concentration in Curriculum and Teaching, Nova Southeastern University, 2022

Doctor of Physical Therapy, A.T. Still University, 2016

Master of Physical Therapy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, 1999

Certified Exercise Expert for the Aging Adult since 2021

Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist since 2011

Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist since 2007

Certified Clinical Instructor since 2001

Dr. Kelby Kaplan is an Assistant Professor in the UMSOM Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science (PTRS), where she primarily teaches in the area of biomechanics, gait, orthopedic, and manual physical therapy. She has over 25 years of experience treating patients in the outpatient and acute care settings for orthopedic, vestibular, and post-surgical rehabilitation.

Dr. Kaplan is a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedic physical therapy and is highly committed to the process of specialization, specifically the development, review, and revision of the board certification examination. She served as an orthopedic item writer and member of the Committee of Content Experts through the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, and is currently serving on the Orthopedics Specialty Council and as a Subject Matter Expert for the revalidation of the Description of Orthopedic Specialty Practice. 

During her doctoral studies on curriculum and instruction, Dr. Kaplan's interest in cultural humility, active learning, and innovative instructional methods in healthcare education was piqued, and has since become an keystone of her research beyond orthopedic physical therapy. 

Cultural humility, curriculum, team-based learning, tendinopathy, orthopedic physical therapy

Olivencia, O., Kaplan, K., Graham, A. Herpich, N., Memmo, L., & Kolber, MJ. (2024). The reliability and minimal detectable change of common tests and measures for temporomandibular disorders. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 1-11. https://doi.org.10.1080/09593985.2024.2375043.

Kaplan, K, Tenam-Zemach, M, & Reeves, J. Improving cultural humility in physical therapy students: What is faculty's role? In press, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. 

Hanney, WJ, Haynes, D, Cundiff, M, Bucci, M, Kolber, MJ, Kaplan, K, & Wilson, AT. The effect of a standardized training program to enhance the therapeutic alliance in patients with low back pain: A mixed methods analytical approach.  In press, The Journal of Allied Health.

Olivencia, O, Kaplan, K, Dreger, M, Marlowe, K, Kais, A, & Veloz, M. (2021). Post-rehabilitation considerations for temporomandibular dysfunction. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 43(6), 14-28. 

Olivencia, O, Godinez, GM, Dages, J, Duda,C, Kaplan, K, & Kolber, MJ. (2020). The reliability and minimal detectable change of the Ely and Active Knee Extension tests. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 15(5), 776-782. 

Kaplan, K, Olivencia, O, Dreger, M, Hannery, WJ, & Kolber, MJ. (2019) Achilles tendinopathy: An evidence-based overview for the sports medicine professional. Strength and Conditioning Journal ,41(5), 24-40.