University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Positions:
Pediatric Cardiologist
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician
Other Related Positions Currently Held:
Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
Adjunct Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Board Certification:
American Board of Pediatrics
Sees Patients At:
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview (Cardiovascular Care, Infectious Diseases)
Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)
Clinical Interests:
Cardiology
Endocarditis
Group A Streptococcal Infections & their Sequelae
Heart Disease in Children
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Kawasaki Disease
Rheumatic Fever
Education:
Medical School – Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Site of Internship – University of Washington Hospital, Seattle , Wash.
Site of Residency – University of Washington Hospital, Seattle , Wash.
Sites of Fellowship –
University of Minnesota (Pediatric Infectious Diseases)
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wash. (Pediatric Cardiology)
Research Interests:
Pediatric Acquired Heart Disease
Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease
Microbiology, Immunology and Epidemiology of Streptococcal Infections
Clinical Management of Streptococcal Infections and their Sequelae
Selected Recent Publications:
Lin S, Kaplan EL, Rao X, Johnson DR, Deng M, Zhuo Q, Yang P, Mai J, Dong T, Liu X. A School-Based Program for Control of Group A Streptococcal Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: A Controlled Study in Southern China. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 27:753-755, 2008.
Kurlan R, Johnson DR, Kaplan EL, and the Tourette’s Syndrome Study Group. Streptococcal Infection and Exacerbations of Childhood Tics and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Prospective Blinded Cohort Study. Pediatrics 121:1188-1197, 2008.
Kaplan EL, Oakes JM, Johnson DR. Unexpected Clinical Site Variation in Eradication Rates of Group A Streptococci by Penicillin in Multisite Clinical Trials. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 26:1110-1116, 2007.
Erdem G, Mizumoto C, Esaki D, Reddy V, Kurahara D, Yamaga K, Abe L, Johnson D, Yamamoto K, Kaplan EL. Group A Streptococcal Isolates Temporally Associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever in Hawaii: Differences from the Continental United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 45:e20-24, 2007.
Neal S, Beall B, Ekelund K, Henriques-Normark B, Jasir A, Johnson D, Kaplan E, Lovgren M, Reinert RR, Members of the Strep-Euro Study Group. International quality assurance study for the characterization of Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45:1175-1179, 2007.
Kaplan EL, Chhatwal GS, Rohde M. Reduced Ability of Penicillin to Eradicate Ingested Group A Streptococci From Epithelial Cells: Clinical and Pathogenetic Implications. Clinical Infectious Diseases 43:1398-1406, 2006.
Johnson DR, Kaplan EL, VanGheem A, Facklam RR, Beall B. Characterization of Group A Streptococci (Streptococcus pyogenes): Correlation of M-Protein and emm-Gene Type with T-Protein Agglutination Pattern and Serum Opacity Factor. Journal of Medical Microbiology 55:157-164, 2006.
Stevens, DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Everett ED, Dellinger P, Goldstein EJC, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan EL, Montoya JG, Wade JC. Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections. Clinical Infectious Diseases 41:1373-406, 2005.
Kaplan EL, Cornaglia G. Persistent Macrolide Resistance Among Group A Streptococci: the lack of accomplishment after 4 decades. Clinical Infectious Diseases 41:609-611, 2005.
Pechere JC, Kaplan EL, Editors. Streptococcal Pharyngitis – Optimal Management. Karger Publishers, Basel, Switzerland, 2004.
Kaplan EL (Co-chair), Mendis S (Co-chair), Bisno A, Butchart EG, Ganguly NK, Ghebrehiwet T, Lue H-C, Kordofani N, Martin D, Millard D, Narula J, Vanuzzo D, Zaher SRA. Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease – Report of a World Health Organization Expert Consultation; WHO Technical Report Series 923. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004.
Stevens DL, Kaplan EL, Editors. Streptococcal Infections: Microbiology, Clinical Aspects and Molecular Pathogenesis. Oxford University Press; New York, New York, 2000.
