Carl P Kaplan, MD

Dr. Kaplan is an expert in pediatric emergency medicine, with over 20 years of experience evaluating and treating infants, children, and adolescents with all types of acute illness or injury. He is a native of Connecticut but was drawn to the region for family reasons. He later joined Stony Brook's inaugural pediatric emergency department team, built to improve the quality of pediatric care. He attempts to connect with children and families through knowledge of pop culture, especially action movies and rock and roll music. He can empathize with dealing with chronic illness since adolescence.  Dr. Kaplan has a passion for using point-of-care ultrasound and evidence-based medicine to assist with rapid evaluation of emergencies and his other interests and research have been in pediatric asthma, trauma, and quality improvement.  Outside of medicine, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two teenage children, hiking, mountain biking, cross-training, cooking, and watching movies.

All shook up: how the COVID-19 pandemic rocked pediatric asthma care  Kaplan, Carl, Christophides, Alexa H., Kranidis, Alexandra M., Saint-Fleur, Ashley L., Kier, Catherine; Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 2024 Jan

Quality improvement initiatives for pediatric asthma care in acute settings  Kaplan C, L. Saint-Fleur A, Kranidis A, Christophides A, Kier C.; Current Opinion in Pediatrics, April 2023

Bridging the Gap from Acute to Chronic Care: Partnerships and Tools for Pediatric Asthma  Kaplan C, Kranidis A, Saint-Fleur AL, Christophides A, Kier C.; Pediatr Rev 2023

Evidence-Based Diagnostic Test Accuracy of History, Physical Examination, and Imaging for Intussusception: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis  Hom J, Kaplan C, Fowler S, Messina C, Chandran L, Kunkov S.; Pediatric Emergency Care, Jan 2022

Calling 911! What role does the pediatrician play?  Grossman D, Kunkov S, Kaplan C, Crain EF; Pediatric Emergency Care, June 2013

Bartholin Gland Abscess  Kaplan C.; In: Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, editors. Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2012

Decompression Sickness  Kaplan C.; In: Hoffman RJ, Wang VJ, Scarfone RJ, editors; Fleisher and Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 2012

Priorities for pediatric prehospital research  Foltin GL, Dayan PS, Tunik M, Marr M, Leonard J, Brown K, Hoyle JD, Lerner EB, and the Prehospital Working Group of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network; Pediatric Emergency Care, October 2010

Minor Head Injury in Children  Klig JE, Kaplan C; Current Opinion in Pediatrics; June 2010

Ingestions; Blumberg SM, Kaplan C; In: Crain EF, Gershel JC, editors; Clinical Manual of Emergency Pediatrics 5th Edition; Cambridge University Press, New York, NY; 2010

Does a pain scale improve pain assessment and documentation in the pediatric emergency department?  Kaplan C, Sison C, Platt SL,; Pediatric Emergency Care, September 2008