Stanley Plotkin

Stanley Alan Plotkin
Born (1932-05-12) 12 May 1932 (age 92)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materSUNY Downstate Medical Center
Known forVaccinology, immunology
SpouseSusan Plotkin
Children2

Stanley Alan Plotkin (born May 12, 1932[1]) is an American physician who works as a consultant to vaccine manufacturers, such as Sanofi Pasteur, as well as biotechnology firms, non-profits and governments. 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,[2][3] is the standard reference on the subject.[4][5] He is an editor with Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, which is published by the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, D.C.

  1. ^ "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1961: Stanley Alan Plotkin". FamilySearch.
  2. ^ Plotkin, Stanley A; Orenstein, Walter A (2004). Vaccines. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders. ISBN 0721696880. OCLC 51811284.
  3. ^ Orenstein, Stanley (1999). "Smallpox and Vaccinia". In Stanley A. Plotkin, Walter A. (ed.). Vaccines (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co. ISBN 0721674437.
  4. ^ "Dr. Stanley Plotkin talks CMV vaccine research". National CMV Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ Christian H. Ross (13 Apr 2017). "Stanley Alan Plotkin (1932- )". The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 Aug 2017.