Edward L. Kaplan, M.D.

Professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
Mayo Mail Code 296
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: (612) 624-1112
Fax: (612) 626-2467
kapla001@umn.edu

Dr. Kaplan is Professor in the Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Disease and of Pediatric Cardiology. He is the Head, World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Streptococci.  

Dr. Kaplan's research and clinical interests include congenital and acquired heart disease in the pediatric age group.  His primary research interests are in the areas of streptococcal infections and rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease.  His research laboratory, designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Streptococci, actively works in the areas of microbiology, immunology and epidemiology of streptococcal infections and their sequelae.

Selected Publications

Stevens DL, Kaplan EL, Editors.  Streptococcal Infections: Microbiology, Clinical Aspects and Molecular Pathogenesis. Oxford University Press; New York, New York, 2000.

Kaplan EL, Wotton J, Johnson DR. Dynamic Epidemiology of Group A Streptococcal Serotypes Associated with Pharyngitis: Implications for Sequelae and Vaccines.  The Lancet; 2001. 358:1334-37.

Kaplan EL (Co-chair), Mendis S (Co-chair), Bisno A, Butchart EG, Ganguly NK, Ghebrehiwet T, Lue H-C, Kordofani N, Martin D, Millard D, Narula J, Vanuzzo D, Zaher SRA.  Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease – Report of a World Health Organization Expert Consultation; WHO Technical Report Series 923.  World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004.

Panamonta M, Chaikitpinyo A, Kaplan EL, Pantongwiriyakul A, Tassniyom S, Sutra S.  The relationship of carditis to the initial attack of Sydenham's chorea.  International Journal of Cardiology 94:241-248, 2004.

Pechere JC, Kaplan EL, Editors.  Streptococcal Pharyngitis – Optimal Management.  Karger Publishers, Basel, Switzerland, 2004.