Louis R. Caplan
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Born | New England Medical Center University of Chicago | December 31, 1936
Sub-specialties | Stroke |
Research | Neurology |
Louis R. Caplan (born December 31, 1936) is an American physician who is a senior member of the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. He is a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and the founder of the Harvard Stroke Registry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Caplan is the author or editor of 51 books and more than 700 articles in medical journals.[1]
Background
Caplan was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 31, 1936. His father worked in a drugstore and neither of his parents went to college. Caplan graduated from the A course at
Career
Caplan is a senior member of the Division of Cerebrovascular Disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston. He is a member of many professional societies, serving as an officer on committees for the American Heart Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the American Neurological Association. He has served as the Chair of both the Boston Society of Neurology and the Chicago Neurological Society. He has mentored more than 75 fellows, including many international.
Books
- Stroke (American Academy of Neurology), by Louis R. Caplan, October 1, 2005
- Striking Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal, by Cleo Hutton and M.D., Louis R. Caplan, May 1, 2003
- Stroke Syndromes, by Julien Bogousslavsky and Louis R. Caplan
- Stroke: A Clinical Approach, by Louis R. Caplan, March 1993
- Brain Embolism (Neurological Disease and Therapy), by Louis R. Caplan and Warren J. Manning, July 11, 2006
- Cerebrovascular Disease, by H. Hunt Batjer, Louis R. Caplan, Lars Friberg, and Ralph G., Jr. Greenlee January, 1997
- American Heart Association: Family Guide to Stroke, Treatment, Recovery, and Prevention, by Louis R. Caplan, Mark L. Dyken, and Donald Easton Paperback, 1994
- Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases, by M.A. Welch, Louis R. Caplan, Donald J. Reis, and Bo K. Siesjo, April 25, 1997
- Brain-Stem Localization and Function, by Louis R. Caplan, H. Ch Hopf, R. Besser, and Gunter Kramer, October 1993
- Cerebral Small Artery Disease (Advances in Neurology), by Patrick M. Pullicino, Louis R. Caplan, and Marc Hommel, July 1993
- Cerebrovascular Diseases: Nineteenth Princeton Stroke Conference (Princeton Research Conference on Cerebrovascular Diseases//Cerebrovascular Diseases, by Princeton Stroke Conference, Michael A. Moskowitz, and Louis R. Caplan
Notes
- ^ "Nature Clinical Practice Neurology". Nature Publishing Group. 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Louis R. Caplan, M.D." American Neurological Association Group. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2008-04-27.