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American immunologist and physician Anthony Fauci has served as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) since 1984, while also continuing to serve as chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation at NIAID, a role he assumed in 1980. Fauci first joined NIAID in 1968 as a clinical associate in the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation. He has been widely lauded within the scientific community for his important contributions to the current understanding of how the human immune system responds to immunosuppressive agents and for his critical role in the development of treatments for diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa. Fauci is also renowned for his seminal research on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As director of NIAID, Fauci has worked with the U.S. government in an advisory capacity in response to public health emergencies throughout the world.

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Also Known As	Anthony Stephen Fauci
Born	December 24, 1940 (age 85) • New York City • New York
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)
Awards And Honors	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008) • National Medal of Science (2005) • 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)
Notable Works	“On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service”
Notable Family Members	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
Subjects Of Study	AIDS • rheumatism
Education	College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1962) • Cornell University (M.D., 1966) • Regis High School (Manhattan, New York)

Did You Know?

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 attended Regis High School in Manhattan, where he was captain of the basketball team.
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.