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Heather C. Kaplan, MD, MSCE

Title

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology

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

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