Francis V. Chisari, M.D. is currently Professor and Head of the Division of Experimental Pathology at the Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Chisari received his M.D. from Cornell University Medical College in 1968. He has been on the Scripps faculty since 1975 and has published over 325 papers in the area of hepatitis virus immunobiology and pathogenesis. Dr. Chisari sits on several advisory boards including the Distinguished Advisory Committee at the UCSD Cancer Center, the Scientific Advisory Board for the Center for the Study of HCV at Rockefeller University, the International Research Scholars Program at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and various expert panels sponsored by the NIAID. In recognition of his scientific contributions, Dr. Chisari has received many honors and awards including election to fellowship in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Microbiology, and membership in the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine. |