Stanley Plotkin 1629972 203742337 2008-04-06T13:18:12Z SmackBot 433328 Add references section and/or general fixes. {{Refimprove|date=January 2008}} [[Image:Replace this image male.svg|right]] '''Stanley Plotkin''' is an American physician who currently works as an adviser at pharmaceutical firm [[Sanofi Pasteur]]. In the 1960s, he played a pivotal role in discovery of a [[vaccine]] against [[rubella]] virus while working at [[Wistar Institute]] in Philadelphia. Plotkin was a member of Wistar’s active research faculty from 1960 to 1991. Today, in addition to his emeritus appointment at Wistar, he is emeritus professor of pediatrics at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. His book, "Vaccines"<ref>http://us.elsevierhealth.com/product.jsp?isbn=0721696880</ref><ref>Text of chapter 6: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=vacc.TOC</ref>, is the standard reference. Plotkin has developed many vaccines, including the rubella vaccine, RA27/3 strain, developed during his time at Wistar and now exclusively used in the United States and throughout the world. He also developed experimental vaccines against [[cytomegalovirus]], [[polio]], and [[varicella]] and collaborated with former Wistar scientists [[Hilary Koprowski]] and [[Tadeusz Wiktor]] on a vaccine against [[rabies]] and with [[H. Fred Clark]] on another against [[rotavirus]]. Over the course of his career he has served as senior assistant surgeon with the Epidemic Intelligence Service, [[United States Public Health Service]]; director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at [[Children's Hospital of Philadelphia]]; associate chairman of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania; and medical and scientific director of [[Aventis Pasteur]]. Plotkin’s professional awards include the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.(2005); the Sabin Foundation Medal (2002); the French Legion Medal of Honor (1998); the Clinical Virology Award, Pan American Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis (1995); the Distinguished Physician Award, Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (1993); and the Bruce Medal of the American College of Physicians (1987). ==References== <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Plotkin, Stanley}} [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Vaccinologists]] [[Category:Living people]]