Bernard Kaplan, M.B.B.Ch.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric Nephrology
Business Address:
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia , PA 19104
Phone: 215-590-2449
Email: kaplanb@email.chop.edu
Education:
Undergraduate:
Medical: University of the Witwastersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences, Parktown, South Africa
Residency: Baragwanath Hospital, South Africia; Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada; Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fellowship: Montreal Childrens Hospital, Montreal, Canada
Board Certification: Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Clinical Insterests:
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Cystic kidney diseases
Genetic renal disorders
Nephrotic syndrome
Hematuria
Proteinuria
Hypertension
Renal tubular disorders
Chronic renal failure
Fetal nephropathies
Selected References:
Soon IS, Wrobel I, Debruyn JC, Sauve R, Sigalet DL, Kaplan BS, Prouix MC, Kaplan, GG: Postoperative Complications Following Colectomy For Ulcerative Colitis in Children: A Popuylation-Based Study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011.
Kangovi S, Edwards M, Woloszynek S, Mitra N, Feldman H, Kaplan BS, Meyers KE. Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors in pediatric focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Pediatr Nephrol. 2012 May; 27(5): 813-9.
Ruebner R, Russo P. Kaplan BS: Nephrotic syndrome presenting in a patient with primary Sjogren's syndrome-answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2011 Oct 29.
Watkins D, Schwartzentruber JA, Ganesh J, Orange JS, Kaplan BS, Nunez LD, Majewski J, Rosenblatt DS: Novel inform error of folate metabolism: identification by exome capture and sequencing of mutations in the MTHFD1 gene in a single proband. J Med Genet. 2011 Sep; 48(9):590-2. 2011
Salerno AE, Marsenic O, Meyers KE, Kaplan BS, Hellinger JC. Vascular involvement in tuberous sclerosis. Pediatr Nephrol. 2010 Aug;25(8):1555-61. Epub 2010 Mar 13.