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Dr. Katz, the Wilburt Cornell Davison
Professor and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics at Duke University, is an honors graduate of
Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School. After medical internship at Beth Israel
Hospital he completed Pediatrics residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital
and the Boston Children's Hospital, followed by a research fellowship in virology and
infectious diseases, and then became a staff member at Children's Hospital working with
Nobel Laureate John J. Enders. He remained with Enders for 12 years during which time they
developed the attenuated measles virus vaccine now used throughout the world. Katz' career
has been devoted to infectious disease research focusing principally on vaccine research
and development. In addition, to his investigations of measles, he has been involved in
studies of vaccinia, polio, rubella, influenza, pertussis, HIV, Haemophilus influenzae
b conjugates and many others.
He has Chaired the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics
(the Redbook Committee), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the
CDC, the Vaccine Priorities Study of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and several WHO and
CVI vaccine and HIV panels. He is a member of many scientific advisory committees and
boards including the NIH, IOM, WHO, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, The Burroughs
Wellcome Fund (Chairman), and the Hasbro Children's Foundation. He was Chairman of the
Public Policy Council of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and currently
co-chairs IDSA's Vaccine Initiative. |
[2009 Jan] Tayloe, Offit, Minshew,
Katz, Snyderman, et. al.: Feeding a Hungry Lie By J.B. Handley
For 22 years, Dr. Katz was Chairman of the Department of
Pediatrics at Duke University School of Medicine. Having relinquished the Chairmanship in
1990, his principle activities now are with vaccines and pediatric AIDS. He participates
in the clinical research trials of the NIH, served on their Committee for AIDS Vaccines,
devotes time each week to the care of children with HIV infection, and was a member of The
Pediatric Executive Committee of NIAID's ACTG. His vaccine policy work continues through
CDC, IOM, NIH, IDSA and WHO committees and consultancies.
"The most senior and respected pro-vaccine scientist (Dr.
Sam Katz, former ACIP Chairman, with ties to the American Academy of Pediatrics and
Infectious Disease Society of America) LIED UNDER OATH (perjury) and was exposed for doing
so by Chairman Burton. Katz stated categorically that the whole cell pertussis
vaccine was not given in the US anymore. He was immediately contradicted by CDC
officials and Dr. Kennedy of the University of Oklahoma, who stated that the whole cell
pertussis vaccine is used in combination vaccines because the acellular pertussis does not
have the intended response in vaccine cocktails."---Herb
Ray
"Dr. Samuel Katz of Duke University has
served as chair of both the ACIP and the Red Book committees. He co-chairs a group called
the Vaccine Initiative, which is an information and advocacy group that benefited from
start-up funds from at least six vaccine manufacturers. He is listed as an advisory board
member to the Immunization Action Coalition (which includes the Coalition for Hepatitis
B), an advocacy group that receives funding from several vaccine makers, including
SmithKline Beecham, Merck and Wyeth-Lederle........Dr. Neal Halsey of Johns Hopkins
University. Like Katz, he is a vaccine pioneer and served on ACIP and the Red Book
committees. He, too, is an advisor to the Immunization Action Coalition and the Hepatitis
B Coalition. Halsey is also director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety, which he founded
at Johns Hopkins to provide a forum on vaccine safety, among other things. According to a
Johns Hopkins' spokesperson, the institute receives funds from Merck, SmithKline Beecham,
North American Vaccines, Connaught/Pasteur Merrieux and Wyeth-Lederle."----Nicholas Regush ABCNEWS.com
THE National Network for Immunization Information http://www.idsociety.org/vaccine/index.html
The composition of the Steering Committee is: Samuel L. Katz, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Duke University (Co-Chair)
"He (Katz) co-chairs a group called the Vaccine Initiative http://www.vaccines.ch/intro.htm , which is an
information and advocacy group that benefited from start-up funds from at least six
vaccine manufacturers. He is listed as an advisory board member to the Immunization Action
Coalition (which includes the Coalition for Hepatitis B), an advocacy group that receives
funding from several vaccine makers, including SmithKline Beecham, Merck and
Wyeth-Lederle."---Nicholas Regush ABCNEWS.com
Sunday, November 12th on CBS TV 60 Minutes, Dr. Samuel Katz
said on the show MMR Vaccine and Autism, that there was no autism epidemic.
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