Fachgebiet

• Facharzt FMH für Allgemeine Innere Medizin
• Facharzt FMH für Pneumologie
• Facharzt FMH für Intensivmedizin
• Klinische Notfallmedizin (SGNOR)

Werdegang

Seit 2021
Leitender Arzt Medizin, Spital Muri

2013–2021
Chefarzt Medizin, Spital Muri

2007–2012
Leitender Arzt Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich

2003–2006
Oberarzt Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich

2000–2002
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh, USA

1996–2000
Oberarzt Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich

1995
Stellvertretender Oberarzt Pneumologie, Universitätsspital Zürich

1993–1994
Assistenzarzt Pneumologie, Universitätsspital Zürich

1991–1992
Assistenzarzt Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich

1989–1990
Assistenzarzt Medizinische Klinik, Stadtspital Waid, Zürich

1988
Assistenzarzt Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich

1987
Assistenzarzt Anästhesiologie, Kantonspital Winterthur

1986
Assistenzarzt Chirurgische Klinik, Kantonsspital Winterthur

Mitgliedschaften 

• Verbindung der Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte (FMH) 
• Ärztegesellschaft des Kantons Zürich
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pneumologie
• Verein der Zürcher Pneumologen
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin
• American College of Physicians

Auszeichnungen 

2001
Research Fellow Award, Critical Care Medicine, University Pittsburgh Medical Center, für epidemiologische Datenerhebung über Hospitalisationen schwerer Pneumonien in den USA

1999
Auszeichnung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie für Arbeiten über "Inspiratory Flow Limitation"

Wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit 

• Klinische Epidemiologie
• Entscheidungsanalyse
• Krankheitsmodelle oder Simulationen von Krankheitverläufen
• Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen
• Bayesian Networks
• Multimorbidität
• FIRE (Databasis der hausärztlichen Konsultationen)
• Medizinische Pfade am Lebesende (NFP-67, End-of-Life)

Publikationen 

Originalarbeiten

• Kaplan V, Zala G, Havelka J, Joller-Jemelka H, Meier B, Schmid M, Buehler H (1992): Heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C virus. Schweiz. Med. Wochenschr. 122(17): 643-5. Impact factor: 1.537. Times cited: 2.
• Czuppon AB, Kaplan V, Speich R, Baur X (1994): Acute autoimmune response to acid dianhydride-induced hemorrhagic alveolitis.  Allergy 49(5): 337-41.  Impact factor: 3.496. Times cited: 8.
• Steurer J, Kaplan V, Vetter W, Bolliger A, Hoffmann U (1995): Local blood flux in skin and muscle during voluntary hyperventilation in healthy controls and patients with hyperventilation syndrome. Int. J. Microcirc. Clin. Exp. 15(6): 277-82. Impact factor: 2.306. Times cited: 3.
• Kaplan V, Bingisser R, Li Y, Hess T, Russi EW, Bloch KE (1996): Compliance with nasal positive pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Schweiz. Med. Wochenschr. 126(1-2): 15-21. Impact factor: 1.537. Times cited: 3.
• Bloch KE, Li Y, Zhang J, Bingisser R, Kaplan V, Weder W, Russi EW (1997): Effect of surgical lung volume reduction on breathing patterns in severe pulmonary emphysema. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 156: 553-60. Impact factor: 8.123. Times cited: 29.
• Lehmann R, Kaplan V, Bingisser R, Bloch KE, Spinas GA (1997): Impact of physical activity on cardiovascular risk factors in IDDM. Diabetes Care 20(10): 1603-11. Impact factor: 7.071. Times cited: 20.
• Bingisser R, Kaplan V, Scherer T, Russi EW, Bloch KE (1997): Effect of training on repeatability of cardiopulmonary exercise performance. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 29(11): 1499-504. Impact factor: 2.61. Times cited: 7.
• Kaplan V, Zhang J N, Russi E W, Bloch K E (2000): Detection of inspiratory flow limitation during sleep by computer assisted respiratory inductive plethysmography. Eur. Respir. J. 15(3): 570-8. Impact factor: 3.096. Times cited: 13.
• Bloch KE, Iseli A, Zhang JN, Xie X, Kaplan V, Stoeckli PW, Russi EW (2000): A randomized, controlled crossover trial of two oral appliances for sleep apnea treatment. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 162(1): 246-51. Impact factor: 8.123. Times cited: 33.
• Kaplan V, Angus DC, Griffin MF, Clermont G, Scott Watson R, Linde-Zwirble WT (2002): Hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: age- and sex related pattern of care and outcome in the United States. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 165(6): 766-72. Impact factor: 8.123. Times cited: 53.
• Kaplan V, Clermont G, Griffin M F, Kasal J, Scott Watson R, Linde-Zwirble W T, Angus D C (2003): Pneumonia - still the old man’s friend?  Arch. Intern. Med. 163(3): 317-23. Impact factor: 7.508. Times cited: 21.
• Kaplan V, Bucklar GB, Russi EW, Bloch KE (2003): Non-invasive on-line monitoring of cardiac output during exercise by inductance cardiography. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 35(5):747-52. Impact factor: 2.61. Times cited: 1.
• Bucklar GB, Kaplan V, Bloch KE (2003): Signal Processing Technique for Non-invasive Real-time Estimation of Cardiac Output by Inductance Cardiography. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 41(2): 302-309. Impact factor: 1.525. Times cited: 1.
• Kasal J, Jovanovic Z, Clermont G, Kaplan V, Watson SR, Lisa Weissfeld L, Angus DC (2004): A comparison of Cox's and Gray's survival model in severe sepsis. Critical Care Med. 32(3): 700-707. Impact factor: 4.182. Times cited: 7.
• Bloch KE, Russi EW, Kaplan V (2004): Variability of inspiratory conductance quantities flow limitation. Clinical Science 106: 1-10. Impact factor: 2.168. Times cited: 1.
• Clermont G, Kaplan V, Moreno R, Vincent JL, Linde-Zwirble WT, Van Hout B, Angus DC (2004): Dynamic microsimulation to model multiple outcomes in cohorts of critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med. 30(12): 2237-44. Impact factor: 3.034. Times cited: 3.
• Senn O, Clarenbach CF, Kaplan V, Maggiorini M, Bloch KE (2005): Monitoring carbon dioxide tension and oxygen saturation by a single ear-lobe sensor in patients with critical illness or sleep apnea. Chest 128(3):1291-1296. Impact factor: 3.118. Times cited: 1.
• Schertler T, Frauenfelder T, Stolzmann P, Scheffel H, Desbiolles L, Marincek B, Kaplan V, Kucher N, Alkadhi H (2009): Triple rule-out CT in patients with suspicion of acute pulmonary embolism: findings and accuracy. Acad Radiol. 16(6):708-717. Impact factor: 2.118. Times cited: 1.
• Templin C, Ghadri JR, Rougier JS, Baumer A, Kaplan V, Albesa M, Sticht H, Rauch A, Puleo C, Hu D, Barajas-Martinez H, Antzelevitch C, Lüscher TF, Abriel H, Duru F (2011): Identification of a novel loss-of-function calcium channel gene mutation in short QT syndrome (SQTS6). Eur Heart J. 32(9): 1077-88. Impact factor: 2.118. Times cited: 1.
   

Case Reports

• Kaplan V, Baur X, Czuppon AB, Ruegger M, Russi E, Speich R (1993): Pulmonary hemorrhage due to inhalation of vapor containing pyromellitic dianhydride. Chest 104(2): 644-5. Impact factor: 3.118. Times cited: 5.
• Biro P, Kaplan V, Bloch KE (1995): Anesthetic management of a patient with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and difficult airway access. J. Clin. Anesth. 7(5): 417-21. Impact factor: 1.208. Times cited: 8.
• Kaplan V, Hauser M, Speich R (1996): A patient with cerebral arteriovenous malformation and multiple metallic pulmonary particles. Chest 110(6): 1611-2. Impact factor: 3.118. Times cited: 1.
• Bingisser R, Kaplan V, Zollinger A, Russi EW (1998): Whole-lung lavage in alveolar proteinosis by a modified lavage technique. Chest 113(6): 1718-9. Impact factor: 3.118. Times cited: 12.
• Zaugg M, Kaplan V, Widmer U, Baumann PC, Russi EW (1998): Fatal air embolism in an airplane passenger with a giant intrapulmonary bronchogenic cyst. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 157: 1686-9. Impact factor: 8.123. Times cited: 12.
• Mueller NJ, Kaplan V, Zbinden R, Altwegg M (1999): Diagnosis of Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis by broad-range PCR from arterio-embolic tissue. Infection 27(4-5): 278-9. Impact factor: 1.401. Times cited: 10.
• Buchholz S, Kaplan V, Hauser M (2000): Treatment of a right-sided pleural effusion in a patient with liver cirrhosis. Chest 117(1): 248-50. Impact factor: 3.118. Times cited: 5.
• Wiesner W, Kaplan V, Bongartz G (2000): Omental infarction associated with right-sided heart failure. Eur. Radiol. 10(7): 1130-2. Impact factor: 1.364. Times cited: 2.
• FroehlichG, Kaplan V, Amann-Vesti B (2010): Holy fire in an HIV-positive man: a case of 21st-century ergotism. CMAJ 182(4): 378-80. Impact factor: 1.364. Times cited: 2.

Reviews

• Baur X, Kaplan V, Speich R, Czuppon. (1993): Lungenkrankheiten durch Säureanhydride. Der Kassenarzt. 4:32-34.
• Kaplan V, Angus DC (2002): Surviving intensive care. Crit Care Med. 30(3):703-5.
• Kaplan V, Angus DC (2003): Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Critical Care Clinics 19(4): 729-48. 
• Kaplan V, von Overbeck J (2004): Das Herzgeräusch aus der Sicht des Privatversicherers. Swiss Medical Bulletin, No 27 (Supplement).
• Mertens JC, Kaplan V, Turina J (2008): The systolic heart murmur. Praxis 97(24): 1267-11271.
• Mertens JC, Kaplan V, Ciurea A (2008): Diagnosis and therapy of rheumatoid arthritis. Praxis 97(23): 1211-1217. 
• Kaplan V, Yende S, Angus DC (2009): Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Eur Respir Mon. 43: 111-132.
• Ruest B, Keller D, Kaplan V, Kunz-Caflisch I (2011): Dyspnea in pregnancy. Praxis 100(7): 389-99.
• Ajdler-Schäffler E, Kaplan V, Keller DI (2011): Perioperative cardiac risk management. Praxis 100(12): 687-96.