Professor Pediatrics
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Washington, DC, United States
Dr Itzhak Brook is a Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University Washington DC. He earned his medical degree at the Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Medicine, in Jerusalem; completed his pediatric residency in Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel; and obtained his master’s degree in pediatrics from the University of Tel Aviv in Israel. Subsequently he completed a fellowship in adult and pediatric infectious diseases at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was on the staff of Children National Hospital in Washington DC. He served in the Medical Corps of the US Navy for 27 years.
He has done extensive research on anaerobic and respiratory tract infections, anthrax, and infections following exposure to ionizing radiation.
Dr Brook is the past chairperson of the Anti-infective Drug Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration.
He is the author of 9 medical textbooks, 3 autobiographical books, 168 book chapters and several hundred scientific publications. He is an editor, associate editor and member of the editorial board of several medical journals and the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance.
Dr Brook is the recipient of the 2012 J. Conley Medical Ethics Award of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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