CIRRICULM VITAE
Joseph Lee Klapper, M.D.
Board Certified Cardiovascular Diseases

CARDIOLOGY PRIVATE PRACTICES

Joseph Lee Klapper, M.D.
901 Sunset Drive, Suite #4
Hollister, CA 95023

Cedars Sinai Medical Towers
8631 West Third Street
Suite 1110-E
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Noninvasive Attending Cardiologist/Private Practice
Glendale Memorial Hospital, Glendale CA
01/1999-07/1999

KPMG/Department of Internal Medicine/ Cardiology Department
Bellflower Hospital, Bellflower, CA 90706
08/1997-01/1999

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Cardiovascular Diseases/American Board of Internal Medicine-11/1998
Internal Medicine/American Board of Internal Medicine-09/1994

HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES/MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
Stanford, CA

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA

Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Hollywood Community Hospital
Hollywood, California

Los Angeles Community Hospital
Los Angeles, California

Norwalk Community Hospital
Norwalk, California

City of Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Glendale Memorial Hospital
Glendale, California

POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP
Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center
Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Training Program
New York, New York,
07/01/94-06/30/97

Cabrini Medical Center of New York Medical College
New York, New York.
Acting Hematology and Oncology Fellow
(Upon Chairman’s Invitation) PGY-IV, 01/01/94-03/31/94

RESIDENCY
Cabrini Medical Center of New York Medical College
New York, New York.
Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
PGY-II and PGY-III, 01/01/92-12/31/93

State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York
Anesthesiology Residency Training Program

INTERNSHIP
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Health Sciences Center
University Hospital of Stony Brook, New York
Veterans Association Medical Center of Northport, New York
Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
07/01/90-06/30/91

MEDICAL EDUCATION
Hahnemann University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Doctor of Medicine, 06/01/90; 08/1986-06/1990

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Union College Schenectady, New York/Bachelor of Science, 06/86 Biology Major

SECONDAY EDUCATION
The Montclair Kimberly Academy/Montclair, New Jersey, 06/82

HONORS
Hahnemann University Sigma Xi Recognition for Scientific Research
The Edward L. Axelman Award for Outstanding Service to Phi Lambda Kappa Medical Fraternity.
Union College Cum Laude National Honor Society/Union College Dean’s List
The MKA Funk Award for Academic Excellence, Valedictorian/Cum Laude National Honor Society

RESEARCH
Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Cardiology
New York, New York: “Cardiac Troponin-T in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI).” Presented at XVIII World Congress on Diseases of the Chest and the 62nd Annual International Scientific Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians. San Francisco, CA October, 1996

Coordinating Fellow and Sub-Investigator for “Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Anti-Ischemic Activity of Oral Ifetroban (BMS-180291 IN Subjects Following Acute Myocardial Infarction”; Cardiology Fellowship, 1994-1995, Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center

Hahnemann University Department of Pathology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987-1988, “The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Hepatogenensis”; Hahnemann University Medical Research, April, 1988

PUBLICATIONS
Klapper, Joseph L., M.D. Elmquist, Thomas H., M.D. FACC, Cosentino, Ralph, M.D., Spiegel, Herbert E., PhD, Saint Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center, NY, NY, “Troponin-T in Acute MI” Chest (submitted)

Baloch, Zubair, Klapper, Joe, Buchanan, Linda, Schwartz, Mary and Armenta, Peter. HU Dept Path. Phila., PA. Abstract:” The Extracellular Matrix in Hepatogenesis,” The Anatomical Record, 1989.

Baloch, Zubair, Klapper, Joe, Buchanan, Linda, Schwartz, Mary M., and Aments, Peter S., Dept. of Path and Lab Med, HU Phila, PA, and Dept Path and Lab Med, RWJMS, UMDNJ, New Brunswick, N.J. “Ontogenesis of the Murine Hepatic Extracellular Matrix: An Immunohistochemical Study.” Poster Presentation.

BOOKS
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol, Joseph Lee Klapper, November, 2006, Alpha Books

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Vascular Ultrasound
Level II Echocardiography
Level II Coronary Computerized Tomography Angiography Certification by the Princeton Longevity Center, Princeton, NJ

ORGANIZATIONS, PRESENT and PAST
Vascular Biology Working Group
Los Angeles County Medical Association
American College of Cardiology
American Medical Association

QUALITY REVIEW
Lumetra Medicare Quality of Provider Care Reviewer

STATE MEDICAL LICENSES
California, Arizona, Georgia, New York (Inactive)

HOSPITAL COMMITTEES
Cedars Sinai Medical Center Physician-Nursing Committee
Hazel Hawkins Hospital CME Committee