Since graduating from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Paul Offit has cultivated a career in pediatrics that currently spans 30 years, multiple awards, and numerous book publications. Best known for his work in immunology, Paul Offit made up one-third of a team that invented rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq, introduced to the market in 2006 and endorsed by the Food and Drug Association (FDA) as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The rotavirus can often lead to gastroenteritis in children, a leading cause of death in infants and children in third-world countries, behind malaria. Paul Offit earned the Gold Medal Award from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, as well as the Joseph Salk Bronze Medal from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. Currently, Paul Offit dedicates his expertise in immunology to his position as Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In this role since 1992, Paul Offit has regularly taken on additional responsibilities, including serving as Chairman of the hospital’s Drug Use Evaluation Committee and the Therapeutic Standards Committee. Paul Offit is also a Professor with the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. An author of books as well as medical articles, Paul Offit recently gained positive recognition by critics from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal for “Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure,” published in 2008. Paul Offit has written or co-written eight books altogether, including “Vaccinated: One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases” and “Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent’s Guide to Coughs, Colds, Ear Infections, and Sore Throats.” Paul Offit’s breakthroughs in immunology research have earned him recognition from groups like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). Paul Offit holds membership with the American Society for the Advancement of Science and the Society for Pediatric Research, among others. To learn more about Paul Offit, visit paul-offit.com.