William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine in the Department of Health Policy, and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Center, in Nashville, Tennessee, past president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and the author or co-author of more than 400 published studies, reviews, and book chapters on infectious diseases.
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