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Anne Gershon, MD, is president-elect of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She is currently director of the division of pediatric infectious diseases and professor of pediatrics at Columbia University in New York. She is attending physician at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. She served on the IDSA Awards Committee and was Chair of the IDSA Research Committee.¹

Fast Facts:

• --Editor of Rudolph’s Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd edition and co-edited multiple editions of both Krugman’s Texbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Current Pediatric Therapy. ²
• --Known for her work on the chicken pox vaccine.³
• --Opposes 'Pox Parties' and urge vaccination.⁴

Top Resources on Dr. Anne Gershon

• Infectious Diseases Society of America: Executive Committee Biographies
• Bio-Medicine: Columbia Pediatricians, Anne Gershon And Richard Polin, Awarded Top Honors
• VZV Research Foundation: Anne Gershon Receives Achievement Award
• Guerrilla News Network: The NIH Scandal And The Future Of AIDS Research (June 17, 2005)
• American Life League: Chicken Pox Vaccine: Does Everyone Need It? (Oct. 13, 2005)
• Mothering.com: Chickenpox Party: Developing Natural Varicella Immunity (Feb. 2004)
• Fox News: Doctors Oppose 'Pox Parties', Urge Vaccination (Sept. 29, 2005)
• Amazon.com: Krugman's Infectious Diseases Of Children (Infectious Diseases Of Children ( Krugman's)) | Current Pediatric Therapy (Current Therapy)

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GuideWisdom and Fast Facts References

1. ↑ Infectious Diseases Society of America: Executive Committee Biographies
2. ↑ Amazon.com: Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children (Infectious Diseases of Children ( Krugman's)) | Current Pediatric Therapy (Current Therapy)
3. ↑ Bio-Medicine: Columbia Pediatricians, Anne Gershon And Richard Polin, Awarded Top Honors
4. ↑ Fox News: Doctors Oppose 'Pox Parties', Urge Vaccination

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