Frederick S. Kaplan, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Orthopaedics University City - 8th Floor
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Chief, Division of Molecular Orthopaedic Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Isaac and Rose Nassau Professor of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine in Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Kaplan specializes in research of musculoskeletal disorders such as fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and progresstive osseous heteroplasia (FOH).
My education and training
- Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Academic Orthopaedic Society (AOS), National
- Alpha Omega Alpha, National
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, National
- American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology, National
- American Society of Bone & Mineral Research, National
- Arthritis Foundation, National
- Belgian FOP Association (FOP Belgium), International
- Charles Herndon Orthopaedic Society, National
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Local
- Edgar L. Ralston Society, Local
- European Neuromuscular Center, International
- Förderverein für Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva-Ekrankte (FOPe.V.) Germany, International
- Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium (1990), Local
- International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Association (IFOPA), International
- International Science Foundation, International
- International Society of Bone & Soft Tissue Densitometry, International
- Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Society,
- National Cancer Institute of Canada,
- National Institutes of Health of the United States, National
- National Organization for Rare Disorders, National
- National Osteoporosis Foundation, National
- Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), National
- Phi Beta Kappa, National
- Progressive Osseous Heteroplasia Association (POHA), International
- Rare Bone Disease, National
- Rare Bone Disease Patient Network, National
- Rare Bone Disease Patient Network, National
- Research Advisory Panel, The National Paget's Disease Registry, National
- Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Microscopical Society, International
- Swiss National Science Foundation,
- Taiwan Foundation for Rare Disorders, International
- The Benjamin Franklin Society, Local
- The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, National
- The John Morgan Society, Local
- The Lindback Society, Local
- The New York Academy of Sciences, National
- The Paget Foundation, National
- United States Bone & Joint Decade, National
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Orthopaedic Alumni Assoc., Local
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
McCullough M. A crippling disease called FOP is so rare it usually goes undiagnosed. A documentary may change that. , Philadelphia Inquirer.: 2020
Kaplan FS, Shore EM. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. , National Organization for Rare Disorders.: 2020
Pignolo RJ, Wang H, Kaplan FS. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: a segmental progeroid syndrome. 10 1-3, 2020 , Frontiers in Endocrinology , 10 (Article 908): 2020,1-3
Kou S, DeCunto C, Baujat G, Wentworth KL, Grogan DR, Brown MA, DiRocco M, Keen R, Al Mukaddam M, le Qua Sang K-H, Masharani U, Kaplan FS, Pignolo RJ, Hsiao EC. Patients with ACVR1R206H mutations have an increased prevalence of cardiac condition abnormalities on electrocardiogram in a natural history study of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. , Orphanet J Rare Diseases : 2020
Kaplan FS. Kaplan FS, Al Mukaddam M, Stanley A, Towler OW, Shore EM. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP): A disorder of osteochondrogenesis. , Bone : 2020
Pignolo RJ, Cheung K. Kile S, Fitzpatrick MA, DeCunto C, Al Mukaddam M, Hsiao EC, Baujat G, Delai P, Eekhoff, EMW, DiRocco M, Grunwald Z, Haga N, Keen R, Levi B, Morhart R, Scott C, Sherman A, Zhang K, Kaplan FS. Self-reported baseline phenotypes from the International Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) Association global registry. , Bone: 2020
Pignolo RJ, Kaplan FS. Druggable targets, clinical trial design and proposed pharmacological management in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs. p. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/21678707. 2020.1751122 , Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs: 2020,1-9
Kaplan FS, Al Mukaddam M, Pignolo RJ. Compartment syndrome of the thigh in a patient with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. , J Ortho Case Reports, 10(3): 2020,103-107
Kaplan FS, Shore EM. Progressive osseous heteroplasia. , National Organization for Rare Disorders.: 2020
Cali A & Schwegler O (Executive Producers). Tin Soldiers. Blink Films. Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, World Premier – Johannesburg (Jozi) Film Festival; October 5, 2019 , Blink Films. Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, World Premier – Johannesburg (Jozi) Film Festival; Winner of Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Award.: 2019