Alan Kaplan, MD

Dr. Alan Kaplan is a Family Physician practicing in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Dr. Kaplan serves on a number of boards in respiratory health, including:

• Chairperson of the Family Physician Airways Group of Canada
• Chairperson of the Respiratory Section of the College of Family Physicians of Canada
• Board member of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group
• President of the IPCRG 5th biannual world scientific meeting, “Making Every Breath Count” Toronto
• Chair of the Council of Organizing Members of the Canadian Network for Respiratory Care

Dr. Kaplan’s extensive experience in respiratory health includes membership in:

• Canadian Consensus Guidelines for Asthma, COPD and Sinusitis
• College of Family Physicians of Canada to the SARS clinical working group (representative)
• Canadian Network of Respiratory Care (past member)
• Canadian COPD Alliance (past member)
• Chronic Respiratory Disease Surveillance Advisory Committee – Public Health Agency of Canada
• Health Canada Section on Allergy and Respiratory Therapies
• Canadian Metropolitan Tuberculosis Subcommittee

In addition, Dr. Kaplan provides his expertise to a number of medical journals across the world, including:

• International editor for the International Primary Care Respiratory Journal
• International editor for the Italian Journal of Primary Care
• Article reviewer for the Primary Care Respiratory Journal, the European Respiratory Journal and the Canadian Journal of Family Practice, among others

His non-respiratory medical interests include: Community Pain consultant, Palliative Care community physician and a Hospitalist in Brampton Civic Hospital.