Penn Medicine Provider
Trauma Surgery
Lewis Jay Kaplan, MD
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Perelman
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About me

  • Section Chief, Surgical Critical Care Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center
  • Director, Surgical ICU, Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center
  • Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  • Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: UPMC Presbyterian

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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Penn Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery University City

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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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Kaplan is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Moore S, Weiss B, Pascual JL, Kaplan LJ Management of acute respiratory failure in the patient with sepsis or septic shock , Surgical Infections (Larchmont): 2018 (Epub)

Chreiman KM, Dumas RP, Seamon MJ, Kim PK, Reilly PM, Kaplan LJ, Christie JD, Holena DN The IOs have it: A prospective observational study of vascular access success rates in patients in extremis using video review , Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery: 2018 (Epub)

MacKay EJ, Stubna MD, Holena DN, Reilly PM, Seamon MJ, Smith BP, Kaplan LJ, Cannon JW In response , Anesthesia & Analgesia, 126(2): 2018,728-729

Martin N, Pascual JL, Crowe D, Toevs C, Cereda MF, Mikkelsen M, Kaplan LJ Comfort at the crossroads: Service, therapy and emotional support animals in the ICU and at the end-of-life , Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery: 2018

Martin ND, Ramaswamy T, Moin E, Marks JA, Collins T, O’Connor N, Holena D, Pascual J, Reilly PM, Kaplan LJ The critical illness mortality inflection point during prolonged Surgical ICU length of stay , Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: 2018

Fernandez-Moure J, Cannon J, Kaplan LJ Cardiovascular failure , Clinical Scenarios in Surgery, 2nd Edition: 2018

Nomellini V, Kaplan LJ, Sims CA, Caldwell CC Chronic critical illness and persistent inflammation: What can we learn from the elderly, injured, septic, and malnourished? , Shock: 2017 (Epub)

Nunn AM, Hatchimonji JS, Holena DN, Seamon MJ, Smith BP, Kaplan LJ, Martin ND, Reilly PM, Schwab CW, Pascual JL Boarding ICU patients: Are our rounding practices subpar? , American Journal of Surgery: 2017 (Epub)

Kaplan LJ Ask the doc: How do I know when I should give up riding motorcycles? , Common Tread: 2017

Kaplan, LJ Book review: Hurt by Catherine Musemeche , Critical Care Medicine, 45(3): 2017,e345