George McCracken, M.D.

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George H.McCracken,Jr.,MD Citizenship: United States Married: Leslie Ann Sanford Two daughters: Kelly and Megan Education: Williams College, A.B. Cornell University Medical College, M.D

Medical School	Weill Cornell Medical College (1962)
Internship	Cornell University (1963), Internal Medicine
Residency	Cornell University (1965), Pediatrics
Chief Resident	Children's Medical Center (1966), Pediatrics
Residency	Children's Medical Center (1966), Pediatrics

• Infectious Diseases
• Pediatrics

• Primary Interests
• General Infectious Diseases
• Meningitis
• Respiratory Infectious Diseases

• Clinical Pharmacology of Antimicrobials
• Meningitis (pathogenesis, treatment)
• Respiratory Infections (pathogenesis, link to asthma)
• Vaccine Development

Featured Publications

Pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir according to trimester of pregnancy.

Greer LG, Leff RD, Rogers VL, Roberts SW, McCracken GH, Wendel GD, Sheffield JS Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2011 Jun 204 6 Suppl 1 S89-93

Pharmacokinetics of oseltamivir in breast milk and maternal plasma.

Greer LG, Leff RD, Rogers VL, Roberts SW, McCracken GH, Wendel GD, Sheffield JS Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 2011 Jun 204 6 524.e1-4

Viral coinfections in children with invasive pneumococcal disease.

Techasaensiri B, Techasaensiri C, Mejías A, McCracken GH, Ramilo O Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2010 Jun 29 6 519-23

Epidemiology and evolution of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by multidrug resistant serotypes of 19A in the 8 years after implementation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine immunization in Dallas, Texas.

Techasaensiri C, Messina AF, Katz K, Ahmad N, Huang R, McCracken GH Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2010 Apr 29 4 294-300

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of linezolid in children with cystic fibrosis.

Santos RP, Prestidge CB, Brown ME, Urbancyzk B, Murphey DK, Salvatore CM, Jafri HS, McCracken GH, Ahmad N, Sanchez PJ, Siegel JD Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2009 Feb 44 2 148-54

Respiratory tract infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in interleukin-12 knockout mice results in improved bacterial clearance and reduced pulmonary inflammation

Salvatore, C.M., et al Infect Immun January 2007 75(1) 236-42

Genetic characterization of erythromycin- and methicillin-resistant community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children in Texas

Bogdanovich, T., N. Aydin, et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2007

• Honorary Membership, European Society for Paediatric Infectious Disease
  Awarded for Outstanding Leadership in pediatric infectious diseases worldwide (2012)
• Maxwell Finland Lecture
  Honorary Lecture, Infectious Disease Society of America (2012)
• Special Recognition Certificate for Education
  American Academy of Pediatrics (2011)
• Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
  (2008)
• Kellogg Award
  from Williams College for a Distinguished Career in Pediatric MEdicine (2008)
• Cornell University Medical College Distinguished Alumnus Award
  For a Distinguished Career in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (2006)
• The Maxwell Finland Award
  for Scientific Achievements from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (2004)
• Mentor Award for a Distinguished Lifetime Record of Mentorship in Infectious Diseases
  from the Infectious Disease Society of America (2003)
• Distinguished Physician Award for LIfetime Achievements in Research and Training in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2001)

• Chairman/Director, Research Rounds (1995)
• Chief Editor, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (1982-Present) (1982)
• Society for Pediatric Research (1972)
• Co-Director, The National Pediatric Infectious Disease Seminar (1981-2008) (1882-2008)
• American Society for Microgiology
• European Pediatric Infectious Disease Society; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
• Infectious Diseases Society of America; American Academy of Pediatrics