 Dr. Applebaum is a nationally recognized expert in providing medical care and managing health care systems. He has been responsible for the care of over 20,000 seniors in 7 states. Additionally, he has been called upon by the government to provide advice and Congressional testimony in the field. |
Dr. Applebaum has been recognized for his excellence as a physician by being named the Geriatrics Clinician of the Year by the American Geriatrics Society, the major professional organization of doctors who care for seniors. In recent years he was the driving force behind two major innovations that he is eager to bring to the Nation as a Member of Congress.
Because of electronic records care is better coordinated and safer. Tests are not duplicated and physicians can search the records for potential medication interactions and gain assistance from the records by comparing the patient’s illness with new medical techniques and treatments. Clearly the future of medicine will involve all Americans having electronic records but at present the practices managed by Dr. Applebaum are in the minority and he will be a driving force in Congress to get this done.
He received an Ivy League education at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). He earned a Bachelors Degree in Biology with high honors and then attended the nation’s first medical school at Penn and graduated as a Medical Doctor in 1985. While at Penn he also took several courses in the Wharton School of Business including economics, accounting, health care law and health management.
After selling his business, Louis entered public service as the Commissioner of Procurement for the City of Philadelphia. During his ten years in this role he is credited with saving the city In 1977, while a freshman in college, Gary met his future wife Julie Levitt a native of Long Island, NY. They married in 1982 while Gary was in Medical School. Julie earned her BA at the University of Pennsylvania and then her Master’s of Human Services Management at Brandeis University.
Michael, 18 is currently the Student Council President at the American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro, N.C. and is preparing to enter one of the Maryland State Universities in the fall. Philip, 15 is a freshman at the Beth Tfiloh Community Day School in Pikesville. The Applebaums are members of both the Chizuk Amuno and Beth Tfiloh Congregations and regularly attend Sabbath services. They are active in the educational, spiritual and social lives of both organizations and derive tremendous satisfaction from belonging to these wonderful communities.
Community Service Gary is a constant presence in his community providing leadership, financial resources, and his time to numerous organizations and causes: Former Board Member, Comprehensive Housing Association Inc. – Provides housing and housing based services to low income residents in the northwest Baltimore Park Heights Corridor. Former Chair, Doctors Division of the Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore – responsible for organizing 2000 doctors to provide community services and philanthropy.
Advisory Board Member, International Council on Active Aging,
Board Member, The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and member of the Visioning Task Force to perform high level strategic plan for this $30 million per year charitable organization.
Active member of the Maryland running community having participated in over 30 charity runs including ten 26.2 mile marathons. back to top
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Gary Applebaum, M.D. is a nationally recognized expert in providing medical care and managing health care systems. He has been responsible for the care of over 20,000 seniors in 7 states. Additionally, he has been called upon by the government to provide advice and Congressional testimony in the field. 
All of Dr. Applebaum’s patients have computerized medical records. Their records are totally legible and fully list their allergies, medical history, medications and all of their laboratory tests and visit notes. These records can be accessed 24 hours a day wherever the patient is including emergency rooms, consultants’ offices or by their own doctor in his home, at conferences etc. 
Dr Applebaum recognized the importance of patients getting care without delay and having office visits with their doctors that were long enough to have all of their issues addressed. He found that when his physicians invested in this kind of care the patients were more satisfied, had fewer hospitalizations and overall had less health care expenses. Working with the leadership of Medicare, Erickson was given the opportunity to accept financial responsibility for the care of residents who signed up for a unique insurance plan. Under this plan the patients and providers benefit when money is saved because superb care keeps them healthy. He will be a driving force in Congress to provide this quality of medical care to all Americans.
In addition to his leadership of a vast health care system, Dr Applebaum was also a member of an executive team that managed a national business with 8000 employees and 3 billion dollars of owned or managed real estate. He frequently worked with government leaders, CEOs, University Presidents and many other prominent people. Clearly he is superbly qualified to manage at the national level in the House of Representatives. 
Gary was born February 11, 1959 in Philadelphia. He attended the public school system. While in high school he was one of only six Philadelphia students chosen to attend the Presidential Classroom for Young Americans. This prestigious program 
In 1985 Gary began his medical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Residency program at Francis Scoot Key Medical Center (now Bayview Medical Center in the 3rd Congressional District). During these three years he found great satisfaction in caring for patients from the communities of Highlandtown, Dundalk, and Canton etc. He also made many house calls and learned a great deal about the importance of knowing more about his patients then just their medical histories. In 1988 he was given the Medical Resident Award, for the resident recognized by his peers as the outstanding physician, teacher & leader.
During his residency Gary found the care of seniors, Geriatrics, particularly rewarding so he spent another year in training in the Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Fellowship program.
Gary was born in Philadelphia, the first of three sons in 1959 to Arlene and Louis Applebaum. His parents were of simple means and his father worked his way through college and became a certified public accountant. He started as a bookkeeper and ultimately became the owner of the largest office furniture dealership in Philadelphia.
hundreds of millions of dollars by reforming the purchasing process and bringing the highest levels of professionalism and integrity to his department. Gary is eager to follow in his father’s footsteps by serving the public in such an exemplary manner.
Julie and Gary moved to Maryland in 1985 for Gary to continue his medical training at Johns Hopkins. Julie worked as a manager at Blue Cross of Maryland until the birth of the first of their two sons when she became a fulltime mom as well as committed volunteer and leader for a number of non-profit organizations.
Board Member & Scientific Advisor, the Erickson Foundation. The Foundation engages in a diverse “palate” of geriatric and gerontologic research including; falls risk reduction, balance studies, neurobics (memory training), safe lifting for nursing aids, vaccine testing, and many other projects all focused on adding to the body of knowledge to promote successful aging. 
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society- Team in Training – Led a team in the Disney Marathon and raised over $50,000 for research.
