Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE
Title
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
Assistant Professor, Center for Health Care Quality
Appointment
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
heather.kaplan@cchmc.org
Phone
513-803-0478
Fax
513-636-0171
Credentials
BA: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
MD: Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Fellowship: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MSCE: Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Position History
Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 2005-2007
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, 2007-present
Awards and Honors
2007 Kay Fricke Endowed Fellowship for Clinical Research in Neonatology
2007 Travel Award, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
2006 Travel Award, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
2006 NIH Young Investigator, Perinatal Research Society Meeting
2006 Invited Attendee, NICHD Annual Aspen Conference
Research
Health services / outcomes research; quality improvement research
Research Grants and Contracts
CCHMC Outcomes Research Award, Variation in the Use of Vitamin A Supplementation Among Neonatal Intensive Care Units, 2008-2009, Principal Investigator.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Transformation Grant to the State of Ohio, Neonatal Outcomes Improvement Project, 2007-2009, Improvement Advisor.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Advancing the Science of Quality Improvement, The Impact of Context on Quality Improvement Success—A Novel Framework, 2008-2010, Principal Investigator.
Presentations, Most Recent
November 9, 2007 Institute for Health Care Improvement, Results Collaborative Web-based seminar, How Can We Optimize the Success of QI Teams?
June 22, 2007 Neonatology Research Conference, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Are We Doing the Right Things Right? Measuring Quality of Care in Neonatology
May 9, 2006 M.S.C.E Thesis Proposal Symposium, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Variations in Use of Surfactant in Infants 30 to 34 Weeks’ Gestation as a Marker of Quality
April 18, 2006 Annual Kristine Sandberg Knisley Lecture, fellow presentation, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Variations in Processes of Care in Neonatology as Markers of Quality
Professional Organization Memberships
Abstracts
Kaplan H, Lorch SA, Pinto-Martin J, Putt M, Silber JH. Variations in Surfactant Use Among Infants 30-34 Weeks’ Gestation with Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). E-PAS 2007:617936.33
2007 Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
2007 Oral presentation, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
Kaplan H, Lorch SA, Luan X, Wadlinger S, Servaes S, Martin RJ, Truog WE, Cnaan A, Ballard RA. Role of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Evolution of Brain Lesions in the Premature Infant. E-PAS 2006:59:5560.351
2006 Poster presentation, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
2006 Oral presentation, Eastern Society for Pediatric Research
Special Interests
Prematurity; prevention of delivery room cold stress; evidence-based medicine in clinical practice
Faculty
- Ann L. Akeson, PhD
- Henry T. Akinbi, MD
- Cindy J. Bachurski, PhD
- Thomas Bartman, MD, PhD
- Tanya E. Cahill, MD
- Michael W. Crossman, MD, PhD
- Vrushank G. Davé, MS, PhD
- Edward F. Donovan, MD
- Horacio Falciglia, MD
- Stephan W. Glasser, PhD
- Beth E. Haberman, MD
- Eric Hall, PhD
- Noah H. Hillman, MD
- Steven B. Hoath, MD
- Machiko Ikegami, MD, PhD
- James M. Greenberg, MD
- Alan H. Jobe, MD, PhD
- Clinton H. Joiner, MD, PhD
- Tanya V. Kalin, MD, PhD
- Vladimir V. Kalinichenko, MD, PhD
- Suhas G. Kallapur, MD
- Beena D. Kamath, MD, MPH
- Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE
- Alan P. Kenny, MD, PhD
- Paul S. Kingma, MD, PhD
- Madhavi Koneru, MD
- Thomas R. Korfhagen, MD, PhD
- Tim Le Cras, PhD
- Kristin R. Melton, MD
- Vivek Narendran, MD
- Amy T. Nathan, MD
- Anne-Karina T. Perl, MS, PhD
- Danna M. Premer, MD
- John H. Reuter, MD, PhD
- Ward R. Rice, MD, PhD
- Kurt R. Schibler, MD
- John M. Shannon, PhD
- Andrew Patrick South, MD, MPH
- Jean J. Steichen, MD
- Bruce C. Trapnell, MD, MS
- Laura Placke Ward, MD
- Timothy E. Weaver, MS, PhD
- Kathy E. Wedig, MD
- Susan E. Wert, PhD
- Scott L. Wexelblatt, MD
- Kathryn A. Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD
- Yan Xu, PhD
