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He is the past chairman of the Anti-infective Drug Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Itzhak Brook
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He specializes in infectious diseases. and chaired the Committee when AZT was approved for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in 1987. Brook has developed treatment guidelines for primary care clinicians, and has also done work on infectious disease of broad public interest. His main research interests are anaerobic infections, sinusitis, and tonsillitis.
He is a long-standing campaigner against overuse of antibiotics which can lead to antibiotic resistance., has researched common health threats like disease transmission on airplanes, while dispelling common concerns about contaminated library books and subway handlebars. He has also been an expert source for major media on health issues like AZT. improving patient care after serious illness and cancer. and prevention of medical errors. Brook has authored publications in scientific journals and 10 medical textbooks.
He served in the United States Navy from 1980 to 2006. Brook is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. His research interests include anaerobic infections, the pathogenesis and therapy of polymicrobial infections, including upper respiratory tract infections (ie sinusitis, tonsillitis).
Brook wrote a book on his experience as a patient with throat cancer., and a book about his experiences as a battalion physician in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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He is the USA editor of Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Editor Textbook of "Pediatrics Infectious Diseases " at Medscape Reference, Section Editor of "Pediatric Infections" at Current Infectious Diseases Report, associate editor of Journal of Medical Case Reports, a member of the editorial board of several medical journals, and a board member of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance.
