Alan Kaplan, MD, CCFP(EM), FCPC
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.