1. Stanley Alan Plotkin is an American physician specializing on the development of vaccines.
10 Facts About Stanley Plotkin
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Stanley Plotkin is an editor with Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, which is published by the American Society for Microbiology in Washington, DC.
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Stanley Plotkin was born and raised in New York City, the son of Jewish parents, Lee and Joseph Stanley Plotkin, who emigrated from England.
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Stanley Plotkin attended The Bronx High School of Science in New York City.
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Stanley Plotkin then earned his bachelor's degree from New York University in 1952 and went on to earn his MD at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in 1956.
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Stanley Plotkin received his GME from the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania in 1963.
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Stanley Plotkin, working with Tadeusz Wiktor and Hilary Koprowski, produced a human vaccine for rabies during the 1960s and 1970s on the WI-38 cell strain gifted to them by Leonard Hayflick.
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Dr Stanley Plotkin has been a tireless advocate for the protection of humans, and children in particular, from preventable infectious diseases.
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In 1957, Stanley Plotkin wanted to join the US Air Force so that he could learn to fly, but instead he went to work for the Epidemic Intelligence Service.
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Stanley Plotkin eventually realized his dream of learning to fly at the age of 74.