Our Founder
Dr. James A. Caplin was the founder and president of Corpus Christi Allergy Asthma & Dermatology Clinic and Morgan Pediatric Center for 35 years. He was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Shortridge High School Class of 1960. He received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration and Doctorate in Medicine Degrees at Indiana University. He completed his pediatric internship at the Methodist Hospital of Indiana in Indianapolis, Indiana and then completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. Dr. Caplin's sub-specialty training included two fellowships in Allergy-Immunology/Dermatology from the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri and the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1986, Dr. Caplin moved to Corpus Christi and established the largest solo allergy practice in South Texas. He utilized state-of-the-art treatment and technology and was one of the first doctors to use computers and electronic medical records as early as 1975. Dr. Caplin was a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, the Nueces County Medical Society and the National Psoriasis Foundation. He had also published several research projects in various medical journals. Dr. Caplin served in the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict.