SANDRA KAPLAN

KAPLAN--Sandra, of Manhattan, died at Sloan Kettering on July 23, 2010. Pediatrician, child psychiatrist, forensic psychiatrist, and, most of all, beloved mother. For nearly 30 years, Dr. Kaplan oversaw the clinical, teaching and research efforts of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System University Hospital. Mostly recently, she became Director of the Division of Trauma psychiatry, caring for Iraq veterans and family members of 9/11 victims. She was also Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine, the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships and editor or author of books and articles that made her one of the first in her field to explore the psychiatric elements of child abuse. Dr. Kaplan was a graduate of the Temple University School of Medicine and fellow at Children's Hospital of Washington, DC. She was the walking embodiment of kindness, loyalty and compassion, a vibrant and truly special person. She is survived by a son, Lawrence, two beloved nephews, Ivan and Noah, and more friends than we can count. Services Sunday July 25, 11.30am at Plaza Memorial Chapel, 630 Amsterdam Avenue.