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Physician: Rana Kaplan, M.D.

Dr. Rana Kaplan

New York-Presbyterian Hospital/The Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

520 East 70th Street
Starr Building, Suite 505
New York, NY 10021
phone: 212-746-2250
fax: 212-746-8808

Education:
M.D.  Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
B.A.  Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Post-doctoral Training:
Internship: Internal Medicine, New England Medical Center,
 Tufts University, Boston, MA

Residency: Internal Medicine, New England Medical Center,
 Tufts University, Boston, MA

Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Division of
 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Medical College of
 Cornell University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York,
 NY

Academic Positions:
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and
 Critical Care Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell
 University, New York, NY

Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine, Division of Pulmonary
 and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell
 University, New York, NY

Hospital Appointments:
Assistant Attending Physician, New York-Presbyterian
  Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus, New York, NY

Board Certification:
Internal Medicine (1999)

Pulmonary Medicine (2002)

Critical Care Medicine (2004)

Honors and Awards:
Co-Investigator, Weill Medical College of Cornell University,
 NHLBI Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research Network

J. Burns Amberson Pulmonary Research Fellowship, American
 Lung Association of New York

Michael Wolk Heart Foundation, Department of Medicine
 Investigator Award, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Grants:

Scientific Publications:
  • Hackett NR, Heguy A, Harvey B-G, Luettich K, Kaplan R, Crystal RG. Variability of antioxidant-related gene expression in the airway epithelium of cigarette smokers. Am J Respir Cell Mol Bio 2003; 29:331-343.
  • Kaplan R, Luettich K, Heguy A, Hackett NR, Harvey B-G, Crystal RG. Monoallelic upregulation of the imprinted H19 gene in the airway epithelium of phenotypically normal cigarette smokers. Canc Research 2003; 63:1475-1482.
  • Heguy A, Kaplan R, Crystal RG. Future directions in genetic strategies for understanding and treating pulmonary fibrosis. In: Lynch JP, ed. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Lung Biology in Health and Disease. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York 2003.
  • Kaplan R, Hackett N, Heguy A, O’Connor TP, Harvey BG, Crystal RG. Modulation of airway epithelial remodeling genes by cigarette smoke. American Thoracic Society oral presentation and abstract, May 2003.
  • Kaplan R, Hackett NR, Heguy A, Luettich K, Harvey B-G, Crystal R. Smoking induced overexpression of the airway epithelial H19 gene is not associated with loss of imprinting. American Thoracic Society abstract, May 2002.
  • Kaplan R, Hackett N, Heguy A, Luettich K, Harvey B-G, Crystal RG. Microarray analysis of airway epithelial gene expression in cigarette smokers. American Thoracic Society abstract, May 2002.