Karen Ruth Kaplan

Background

Kaplan, Karen Ruth was born on December 25, 1943 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Robert Irvin and Ruby Amelia Leininger.

Education

AB, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1967; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1969.

Career

Intern, then resident in medicine, Bronx (New York) Municipal Hospital Center, 1969-1972; fellow in hematology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York City, 1972-1974; from research associate to associate professor in medicine, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York City, 1974-1989; professor medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, since 1989; chief of hematology, Elmhurst (New York) Hospital Center, since 1989.

Achievements

• Karen Ruth Kaplan has been listed as a noteworthy Hematologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, Council on Arteriosclerosis. Member International Society Thrombosisand Hemostasis (Executive Committee Science and Standardization Committee), American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Hematology, Council on Thrombosis.

Connections

Married Jonathan Samuel Kaplan, November 27, 1971. Children: Joshua David, Adam Joel, Jeremy Benjamin.

Father:

Robert Irvin Leininger

Mother:

Ruby Amelia Leininger

Spouse:

Jonathan Samuel Kaplan

child:

Adam Joel Kaplan

child:

Jeremy Benjamin Kaplan

child:

Joshua David Kaplan