Thu., Feb. 13, 2025, at 6 p.m. Vaccines have been a topic of recent discussions on the national stage, bird flu is being reported in poultry, cows, and humans, a measles outbreak is reported in West Texas, and flu season in general is ongoing. Pediatric infectious disease physician Dr. Joseph Bocchini joins Health Matters host Dr. Randall Brewer to help us learn more about infectious diseases including how vaccination has affected the prevalence of certain infectious diseases.
Dr. Joseph Bocchini is Director of Willis-Knighton Children’s Health Services and Professor and Vice Chairman of the Tulane University Department of Pediatrics. He received his MD from St. Louis University, completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Connecticut, and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at The Johns Hopkins University. He was a member of the Pediatric Faculty at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, serving as Pediatric Department Chairman for over 27 years.
Dr. Bocchini is a past chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases and a past member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.