Dr. Frederick Vaughn Plapp, MD

Dr. Fred Plapp received his M.D. and PhD degrees in a combined medical scientist program from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1975. He completed an internship at the University of Chicago and Pathology residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Following completion of his residency, he joined the faculty of the University of Kansas School of Medicine, where he practiced Pathology for five years. Then, he became Assistant Medical Director of the Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City. During the next five years, he and his colleagues invented the solid phase red cell adherence method for pre-transfusion serologic testing that is presently marketed as Capture P and Capture R by Immucor Inc. in Norcross, GA. In 1999, the American Association of Blood Banks recognized this work by awarding the Morton Grove-Rasmussen Memorial Award. In 1987, Dr. Plapp became a Clinical Pathologist at Saint Lukes Hospital in Kansas City, MO. He has served as Medical Director of …Saint Lukes Regional Laboratories since 1991. More recently, he co-founded ClinLab Navigator, LLC and published a textbook in 2008 that is entitled Essentials of Transfusion Medicine. His primary areas of emphasis are laboratory test utilization and transfusion medicine.