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Dr. Edward Kaplan and Dr. Marlon Kleinman
SPECIALTY: Oncology
EDUCATION:
Dr. Kaplan: M.D., Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood; internal medicine residency and subspecialty training in hematology-oncology, Northwestern University as a Galter Fellow and a Bill Veek Fellow
Dr. Kleinman: M.D., Northwestern University Medical School; internal medicine residency training, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke Medical Center; hematology/oncology fellowship, Northwestern University
AWARDS/HONORS:
Dr. Kaplan: Board certified in medical oncology and internal medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; appointed as assistant clinical professor in the City of Hope Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research
Dr. Kleinman: Board certified in medical oncology, hematology, and internal medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine; appointed as assistant clinical professor in the City of Hope Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research
Drs. Edward Kaplan and Marlon Kleinman are leaders in hematology and oncology, deeply committed to transforming cancer care through innovation, empathy and personalized medicine. Both are inspired daily by their patients—individuals who display extraordinary resilience in the face of life-altering challenges.
Dr. Kaplan emphasizes the importance of treating the person, not just the disease, believing in honest communication paired with optimism. With oncology advancing rapidly, Dr. Kaplan is excited about therapies targeting molecular and genetic changes. “They have provided a basis for an explosion in new therapies targeting those markers and providing better outcomes and cures, usually with less toxicity,” he says. “Biologic and immunologic therapies have augmented the benefit of traditional chemotherapy or even replaced chemotherapy in some situations.”
Dr. Kleinman shares this passion for precision medicine, hailing next-generation sequencing as a game-changer in understanding and treating cancer at its molecular core. “This has revolutionized our approach to diagnosis and therapy, allowing researchers and clinicians to study what drives the disease,” he says. “I believe that artificial intelligence will augment this to a scale and speed that was previously impossible.”
Together, Drs. Kaplan and Kleinman champion leading-edge care with compassion, redefining what’s possible in modern oncology.
City of Hope® Cancer Care North Shore is located at 9300 Waukegan Road in Morton Grove, 847-675-3900, cityofhope.org/northshore, @cityofhopechi.
