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Dr. Anthony Fauci

 

Dr. Anthony Fauci

Anthony Fauci an American Immunologist

 

Also Known As Anthony Stephen Fauci

Birth Date December 24, 1940

Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, United States

Family

  • ·        son of Stephen Fauci
  • ·        son of Eugenia Fauci
  • ·        married to Christine Grady (1985–present)
  • ·        father of Jennifer Fauci
  • ·        father of Megan Fauci
  • ·        father of Alison Fauci
  • ·        brother of Denise Scorce

Education

  • ·        Regis High School (Manhattan, New York)
  • ·        College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1962)
  • ·        Cornell University (M.D., 1966)

Awards

  • ·        Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2002)
  • ·        Golden Plate Award (2003)
  • ·        Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service (2007)
  • ·        National Medal of Science (2005)
  • ·        Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008)
  • ·        Robert Koch Gold Medal (2013)
  • ·        Title/Office
  • ·        director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1984–present)
  • ·        chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1980–present)

Did You Know?

  • ·        Fauci attended Regis High School in Manhattan, where he was captain of the basketball team.
  • ·        When Fauci was growing up in Brooklyn, his family ran a neighborhood pharmacy, which Fauci himself took part in by delivering prescriptions by bicycle.
  • ·        Fauci has advised six U.S. presidents—starting with Ronald Reagan—on domestic and global health issues, and he was a principal architect of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has saved millions of lives since its inception in 2003.


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