Andrew Kroger graduated from Yale University in 1998 with a joint MD/MPH, concentrating in International Health. He trained in Pediatrics for two years at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland before transferring to Emory University where he boarded in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. From 2001-2003 he worked at CDC in notifiable disease surveillance before beginning his current work in the National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases. As one of the traveling trainers in the Education, Information and Partnership Branch, Dr. Kroger has given over one hundred presentations that include immunization updates and pandemic influenza preparedness. He is also involved with some of the new distance learning activities of the branch, including the Current Issues in Immunization Series delivered through NetConferencing, and is the author of the newest edition of the CDCs General Recommendations on Immunization.