Curriculum Vitae
Carolyn Ruth Kaplan, M.D.


Faculty Appointments

March 1, 2000 Director, In Vitro Fertilization, Georgia Reproductive Specialists
1998-present Assistant Clinical Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
1993- 1998 Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
1996-1997 Director, In Vitro Fertilization
Center for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility
The Emory Clinic, Inc.
1990-1993 Assistant Clinical Professor
UCLA School of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1989-1993 Attending Staff
Santa Monica Hospital
Santa Monica, California
1989-1993 Attending Staff
St. John's Hospital
Santa Monica, California
1990-1993 Provisional Staff
Century City Hospital
Los Angeles, California
1987-1989 Assistant Clinical Instructor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Affiliations

  Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
  DeKalb Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia
  Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Centers, Atlanta, Georgia

Certification and Licensure

1990 American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1992 American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology
2000, 2001, 2002 Re-certification in OB/GYN and RE

Education

1974-1979 University of Texas at Austin, Degree: BA
1979-1983 M.D.: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Post Graduate

1983-1987 Residency - Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
1987-1989 Fellowship - Reproductive Endocrinology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Speciality Board

  Reproductive Endocrinology: 1992

Manuscript Reviewer

1992-Present Adhoc Reviewer, Fertility and Sterility

Organizations

1997 Member - Poster Committee 1997 ASRM Meeting on Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Reproductive Laboratory Technologies
1995- present Member - Georgia Chapter of RESOLVE Advisory Board
1994- present Member - Atlanta OB-GYN Society
1993-1997 Member - Los Angeles County Medical Society
1990- present Member - Society for Reproductive Endocrinologists
1990- present Fellow - American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
1989- 1987 Member - Los Angeles County Medical Women's Association
1987- present Member - American Society for Reproductive Medicine
1985- present Member - American Medical Women's Association
1985- present Member - American Medical Association

Grants and Contracts

Source of Support Wyeth-Ayerst
Project Title Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study in Gynecology (HERS)
Co-Principal Investigator Carolyn Kaplan, M.D.
Project Period 7/1/95 - 12/31/98
Source of Support Wyeth-Ayerst
Project Title An Open Label MultiCenter Study to Determine the Efficacy and Safety of a 21 Day Monophasic Oral Contraceptive Preparation of Levonorgestrel 100 micrograms and Ethinyl Estradiol 20 micrograms
Principal Investigator Carolyn Kaplan, M.D.
Project Period 8/19/94 - 3/31/97

Presentations

July 2002 Atlanta Medical Center, Grand Rounds
March, July 2001 Atlanta Medical Center, Grand Rounds
July 13, 1999 Emory University, Internal Medicine Board Review Course, Gonadal Disorders, Atlanta, Georgia
December 12, 1998 Emory University, Osteoporosis and Bone Densitometry: Estrogen Agonists and Antagonists. Atlanta, Georgia
November 24, 1998 Dekalb General Hospital, Low Dose Oral Contraceptives: Risks and Benefits. Atlanta, Georgia
April 23, 1998 Emory University, Osteoporosis & Bone Densitometry: Estrogen agonists and antagonists. Atlanta, Georgia
December 13, 1997 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Osteoporosis & Bone Densitometry: Estrogen (How To Dose, Progestins, Tamoxifen, New Estrogen)
September 23, 1997 Osler Institute, Dunwoody, Georgia, Obstetrics and Gynecology Board Review Course. Prolactin Disorders
September 18, 1997 Invited speaker to Nursing Perspectives XVII, Helen Georgia, The New Low Dose Oral Contraceptives and Postpartum Use
August 20, 1997 Emory University School of Nursing, Laparoscopic Procedures Relating to Infertility
May 15, 1997 Gwinnett Hospital System, Department of Family Practice: Hormone Replacement Therapy in 1997
May 3, 1997 Invited speaker to Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Osteoporosis & Bone Density: Estrogen & Bone Density
March 12, 1997 Invited speaker to Temple Sinai, Atlanta, Georgia: Ask the Doctor
February 4, 1997 Invited speaker to Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Fayette, Georgia: Hormone Replacement Therapy
January 21, 1997 Invited speaker to RESOLVE of Georgia Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia: Indications, Actions and Side Effects of Infertility Drugs: What to Expect
April 10, 1996 OB/GYN Resident Conference, Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia: Anovulation and Clomiphene Citrate Therapy
March 4-12, 1996 Invited speaker to the Twenty-first Annual Snow Job in Gynecology and Obstetrics: "Contemporary Approach to the Infertility Couple" and "Ovulation Induction for the 90's"
November 2-7, 1996 Invited Speaker for American Society of Reproductive Medicine 51st Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Postgraduate Course: Osteoporosis: New Diagnostic Techniques and Treatment Modalities
September 22, 1995 Invited speaker to Southern Saw Service, L.P. Visiting Nurse Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, Lunch and Learn Program: Hormone Replacement Therapy
November 5-11, 1994 Invited speaker for American Fertility Society 50th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Roundtable: Combination Medical Surgical Therapy for Endometriosis
October 6-8, 1994 Invited speaker to Association of Reproductive Health Professionals 31st Annual Meeting, Reproductive Health '94: The Continuing Clinical Challenge, Atlanta, Georgia: Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technology.
March 18, 1993 Invited speaker to Public Education Meeting, Santa Monica Hospital, Santa Monica, California: Postmenopausal Pregnancy.
October 2-3, 1992 Invited speaker to the UCLA Operative Laparoscopy Course: Instrumentation and Operating Room Organization.
May 7, 1992 Invited speaker to Public Education Meeting, Santa Monica Hospital, Santa Monica, California: Oocyte Donation and Postmenopausal Pregnancy.
January 1992 Invited speaker to the Los Angeles chapter of RESOLVE: Infertility Surgery.
November 1991 Resident Teaching Conference, Santa Monica Hospital Family Practice Residency: The Infertility Evaluation.
January 1990 Invited speaker to the Los Angeles Endometriosis Association: New Advances in Treating Endometriosis.

Publications

  1. Sills ES, Drews CD, Perloe M, Kaplan CR, Tucker MJ: Periovulatory serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) concentrations following subcutaneous and intramuscular non-recombinant hCG use during ovulation induction: a prospective, randomized comparison. Fertil Steril 75, 2001, in press.
  2. Chapter in: Operative Techniques in Gynecologic Surgery: Conservative Surgery for Endometriosis; David L. Olive, M.D., editor, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1997.
  3. Carolyn R. Kaplan, M.D. Workup of Infertility: Diagnosis and Treatment of Anovulation. The Female Patient, March 1996, 21:35-42.
  4. Foreword In: Making the Estrogen Decision. Gretchen Henkel (author) RGA Publishing Group, Inc., 1992.
  5. Hill DL, Kuyt F, Vogel M, Kaplan C: Delivered twins from electroejaculation and tubal embryo transfer. J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transfer 8:196-298, 1991.
  6. Kaplan CR, Koong MK, Olive DL, Riehl RM, Burns WN, Groff TR and Schenken RS: Effects of clomiphene citrate and leuprolide acetate on luteal-phase hyperprolactinemia during ovarian stimulation with menopausal gonadotropins. J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transfer 8:308-313, 1991.
  7. Kaplan CR, Groff TR and Olive DL: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome following a leuprolide-human menopausal gonadotropin GIFT cycle. Infertility 12:127-132, 1990.
  8. Kaplan CR and Schenken RS: Endocrine Physiology. In: The Female Breast and Its Disorders: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management. Mitchell GA and Bassett L (Ed.), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1990, 22-44.
  9. Kaplan CR, Eddy CA, Olive DL and Schenken RS: Effect of ovarian endometriosis on ovulation in rabbits. Am J Obstet Gynecol 160:40-44, 1989.
  10. Kaplan CR, Olive DL, Sabella V, Asch RH, Balmaceda JP, Riehl RM, Groff TR, Burns WN and Schenken RS: Gamete intrafallopian transfer versus superovulation with intrauterine insemination for the treatment of infertility. J In Vitro Fert Embryo Transfer 6:298-304, 1989.
  11. Kaplan CR and Schenken RS: Combination medical and surgical treatment. In: Endometriosis: Contemporary Concepts in Clinical Management. Schenken RS (Ed.), JB Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1989, 279-292.


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