Adolfo Kaplan, M.D.
Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary and Internal Medicine American
Board Diplomate
Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley
1604 East 8th Street, Suite A
Weslaco, TX 78596
956.447.5557
956.447.5747 Fax
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EXPERIENCE
Voluntary Assistant
Professor, University of New Mexico School
of Medicine, 2002 to present
Medical Director, Espanola Hospital Sleep
Medicine Center, 2002 to present
Medical Director, Respiratory Department and
Intensive Care Unit, Espanola Hospital, 2002
to present
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth
Israel Medical Center, New York, 1998-2001
Sleep Medicine, New York University Sleep
Disorders Center, Bellevue Medical Center,
New York, 2000
Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Medical
Center, New York, 1995-1998
Medical Doctor, Cum Laude, National
University of Tucuman, School Of Medicine,
Tucuman, Argentina, 1993
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Diplomate in Internal
Medicine, 1998
Diplomate in Pulmonary Disease, 2000
Diplomate in Critical Care Medicine, 2001
Diplomate in Sleep Medicine, 2001
Testamur, American Society of
Echocardiography, 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Abreu R, Doelken P, Kaplan
A, Mayo P. Lower inflection point in ARDS:
comparison of three methods of measurement.
Abstract. American Thoracic Society 1999
Meeting
Doelken P, Abreu R, Kaplan A, Tanaka K, Mayo
P. Effects of two tidal volumes on early
end-expiratory lung volume change (?EELV) in
ARDS after institution of PEEP. Abstract.
American Thoracic Society 2000 Meeting
Kaplan AE, Ayappa I, Norman RG, Rapoport DM.
Effect of position on apnea, hypopnea, RERA
indices using the nasal cannula technique.
Abstract. American Society of Sleep Medicine
20001 Meeting
Stanbrook M, Kaplan A, Juurlink D, Poole PJ.
Systemic corticosteroids in stable chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. [Protocol]
Cochrane Airways Group. Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews. Issue 1, 2001
Kaplan AE, Stanbrook M, Travers A, Schiebel
N, Rowe BH. Comparison of non-selective beta
agonists vs. beta-2-agonists for the
treatment of acute asthma in the emergency
setting. [Protocol] Cochrane Airways Group.
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Issue 1, 2001
Kaplan AE, Frankenthaller M, Mayo PH,
Schneider RF. A Strategy to Avoid
Respiratory Motion Artifact in Mechanically
Ventilated Patients Undergoing Helical Chest
CT Angiography.. Critical Care Medicine
2001; 29:1292
Kaplan AE. Evaluation of left ventricular
filling pressure by transthoracic doppler
echocardiography in the intensive care unit.
The Potential to Replace More Invasive
Monitoring Techniques. Critical Care
Medicine. 30(8):1933-1934, August 2002.
POSTGRADUATE FACULTY
SPEAKER
Faculty, Postgraduate
Course “Ultrasonography for the Pulmonary
and Critical Care Specialist: Assessment of
Right Heart Function”. American College of
Chest Physicians, Seattle 2004
HONORS
1997 Annual Beth Israel
Medical Center Alumni Association Essay
Contest
Honorary Post-Graduate Grant, Province of
Tucuman Government, Argentina, 1995
Top-ten student, class 1993. Dean’s Academic
Award. National University of Tucuman,
School of Medicine
Best High-School Student Award, granted by
Tucuman City Mayor, 1985
High-School top student, class 1985
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
American College of Chest
Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine. Member,
Adult MCCKAP Committee
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
American Society of Sleep Medicine
American Society of Echocardiography
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
New Mexico Medical License
Texas Medical License
Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Infection Control and Barrier Precautions,
New York State Department of Health
Training in Identification and Reporting of
Child Abuse and Maltreatment
