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(Hypertension. 1998;31:561.)
© 1998 American Heart Association, Inc.

Awards

Irvine Page-Alva Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award 1997

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The Council for High Blood Pressure Research’s first Irvine Page-Alva Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Schwarz Pharma, is presented to Dr Norman M. Kaplan for his many outstanding contributions to the field of hypertension.

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Dr Kaplan is professor of internal medicine and head of the Division of Hypertension at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he has been on the faculty for more than 30 years. In 1950, Dr Kaplan received his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Texas in Austin. He earned his MD in 1954 from the UT Southwestern Medical School, and from 1954 to 1958, he was an intern and resident at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.

For the last 20 years, in his writings, teaching, and research, Dr Kaplan has focused primarily on the clinical aspects of hypertension. He has lectured extensively and has produced more than 400 papers. The seventh edition of his textbook, Clinical Hypertension, is scheduled for publication in early 1998.

Among his many professional activities, Dr Kaplan has been a member of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth Joint National Committees on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Currently, he is master of the American College of Physicians and secretary of the American Society of Hypertension. As an American Heart Association volunteer, he has served on the Council for High Blood Pressure Research and Council on Epidemiology. Dr Kaplan has also participated on many prestigious medical editorial boards . . . [Full Text of this Article]