Gilaad G. Kaplan, MD, MPH, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine  and Community Health Sciences

CIHR New Investigator & AHFMR Population Health Investigator

Division of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic

Gastrointestinal Reseach Group
Office: 3280 Hospital Drive N.W., Room 6D17

Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1
Phone (office): 403-592-5025
Fax: 403-592-5050
Email: ggkaplan@ucalgary.ca

 

Curriculum Vitae

B.Sc., McMaster University, 1997
MD, University of Calgary, 2000
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, 2006
FRCPC, Internal Medicine 2004, Gastroenterology (2005), IBD Fellowship (2007) 

Research Interests

Dr. Kaplan is a Gastroenterologist with a clinical and research interest in the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).  The overarching theme of the research program is to use IBD patient registries and administrative databases to: a) explore how environmental factors, particularly air pollution, affect the development of IBD; and b) conduct health service and outcomes research to evaluate how risk factors influence outcomes after the diagnosis of IBD.

 

Publications

Kaplan GG, Jackson T, Sands BE, Frisch M, Andersson R, and Korzenik J. The risk of developing Crohn's disease after an appendectomy: A Meta-analysis. American J of Gastroenterology (accepted June 18, 2008)

Myers RP. Papay KD, Shaheen AA, Kaplan GG.  Impact of hospital volune on outcomes in patients with esophageal variceal bleeding: An analysis of the U.S. Nationwide Inpatiente Sample from 1998 to 2004. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. (accepted March 11, 2008)

Kaplan GG, McCarthy EP, Ayanian JZ, Korzenik J, Hodin R, Sands BE. Impact of hospital volume on postoperative mobidity and mortality following a colectomy for ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology 134(3): 680-7, 2008.

Kaplan GG, Hur C, Korzenik J, Sands BE. Infliximab dose escalation versus initiation of adalimumab for loss of response in Crohn's disease: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Alimentary Pharmacologic Therapeutics26(11): 1509-1520, 2007.

Kaplan GG, Pederson BV, Andersson RE, Sands BE, Korzenik J, Frisch M. The risk of developing Crohn's disease after an appendectomy: a population-based cohort study in Sweden and Denmark. Gut 56(10): 1387-1392, 2007.

Kaplan GG, Heitman S, Hilsden R, Urbanski S, Myers R, Lee SS, Panaccione R. A population-based assessment of the surveillance practice of colonic dysplasia in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 13(11): 1401-1407, 2007.

Additional Publications

Personnel

James Hubbard (Data Analyst)