Robert E. Kaplan

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Robert E. Kaplan
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Born (1955-12-05) December 5, 1955 (age 70)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
Occupation
  • Pediatrician
  • Pediatric researcher

Robert E. Kaplan, MD (born December 5, 1955) is an American pediatrician and pediatric researcher living and practicing in Buffalo, NY. He received a B.A. in political science from Brown University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is an alumnus and member of the clinical teaching faculty at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences..[1] He is affiliated with Oishei Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Kaplan led a team of researchers that established the present protocol for screening healthy children for renal disease in the United States[2]. Other countries have also adopted this protocol. The major advance has been the elimination of routine annual screening urinalysis testing[3]

References

  1. "Pediatrician in Buffalo, NY | Robert e Kaplan, MD".
  2. Kaplan, R. E.; Springate, J. E.; Feld, L. G. (1997). "Screening dipstick urinalysis: A time to change". Pediatrics. 100 (6): 919–921. doi:10.1542/peds.100.6.919. PMID 9374557.
  3. "Don't order routine screening urinalysis in healthy, asymptomatic pediatric patients as part of routine well-child care".

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