Prof. Dr. Shai Ashkenazi received his MD from the University Medical School in 1976. He is a board-certified specialist in pediatrics and infectious diseases, a full professor of pediatrics, and a dean at the Adelson School of Medicine at Ariel University. He is also the former chairman of the Israeli Pediatric Association, an executive board member of the National Council for Child Health, and an executive board member of the Education Committee of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Prof. Ashkenazi is a member of the editorial boards of several national and international medical journals; a co-author of over 300 medical publications, as well as over 30 chapters in books; and the editor of the Hebrew Textbook of Pediatrics (9 editions). He has received dozens of research grants, including from NIH (USA), the European Union, Chief Scientist, and the USA–Israel Bi-National Science Foundation (BSF), as well as the Education Award of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases.