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Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D. 

Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D., is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University. Until 1991, he was Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania, Professor of Virology at the Wistar Institute, and at the same time, Director of Infectious Diseases and Senior Physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In 1991, Plotkin left the University to join the vaccine manufacturer, Pasteur-Mérieux-Connaught, where for seven years he was the Medical and Scientific Director, based at Marnes-la-Coquette, now known as Sanofi Pasteur. 
 
Dr. Plotkin has developed several pediatric vaccines including the rubella vaccine now in standard use throughout the world and a recently licensed pentavalent rotavirus vaccine. He has also been involved in other vaccine development programs including anthrax, oral polio, rabies, varicella, and cytomegalovirus.  
 
Dr. Plotkin’s bibliography includes nearly 800 articles, and he has edited several books including the standard textbook on vaccines, now in its 7th edition. He is a consultant to vaccine manufacturers, biotechnology companies, and non-profit research organizations as principal of Vaxconsult, LLC.
 
Dr. Plotkin attended New York University, where he received a B.A. degree, and then the State University of New York Medical School in Brooklyn, where he received an M.D. degree in 1956. 

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