Peter Jay Kaplan, MD

Dr. Kaplan obtained his medical degree at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 1993.  Thereafter, he completed a one-year internship at U.C. San Diego, and the next two years of internal medicine residency at U.T. Southwestern in Dallas, Texas.  He followed this with a fellowship in infectious diseases and has maintained board certification in IM and ID with continuing certification.  He practiced full time hospital medicine for 18 years, then joined graduate medical education, GME, in 2016 as core faculty.  Over the years he has distinguished himself as a leader in the department of internal medicine, GME, hospital pharmacy and therapeutics committee, and the infection prevention department.  In 2026 he was appointed director of GME and the designated institutional official for the Northside Hospital System.  He is an active member of the medical executive committee for Northside and leads the employee health department for the system.  He is motivated to continue to build on the excellence of the current GME programs by raising the profile of our graduates in Northside’s five-hospital system and the region.  

Dr. Kaplan has always focused on patient safety and quality of care.  With his infectious diseases background, and medical directorship for the Northside Hospital system’s infection prevention department, he works toward elimination of hospital-acquired infections.  Other interests include the care of patients with tuberculosis in Gwinnett County through support of the GNR Health Department’s Preventive Health Clinic.  At this clinic our residents can longitudinally manage patients with all forms of active TB disease as well as “latent” TB infection. 

Dr. Kaplan supports his family, the University of Georgia, and enjoys gardening and activities around Lake Lanier. 

• Academic Internal Medicine Partners

• Northside Hospital Atlanta
• Northside Hospital Cherokee
• Northside Hospital Duluth
• Northside Hospital Forsyth
• Northside Hospital Gwinnett