A Scientific Symposium Commemorating
the 50th Anniversary of the Development of
the Polio Vaccine

April 11 and 12, 2005
Alumni Hall, University of Pittsburgh

Polio Symposium
Speakers

• Matthias Gromeier, M.D.
• William Gruber, M.D.
• David L. Heymann, M.D.
• Robert A. Keegan
• Heidi J. Larson, Ph.D.
• Gary J. Nabel, M.D., Ph.D.
• Paul A. Offit, M.D.
• David M. Oshinsky, Ph.D.
• Tara O’Toole, M.D., M.P.H.
• Louis Piconi
• Charles R. Rinaldo Jr., Ph.D.
• John B. Robbins, M.D.
• Peter L. Salk, M.D.
• John Troan
• Julius S. Youngner, Sc.D.

Robert A. Keegan

Deputy Director, Global Immunization Division
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Mr. Keegan began his career with CDC in 1974 as a public health adviser in Newark and later served in New York City, Atlanta, and Houston. In 1985, he became coordinator of the agency’s refugee health activities in Southeast Asia, working to assure that refugees were immunized and treated for communicable diseases. Since 1991, he has been engaged in CDC’s global efforts to eradicate polio, overseeing a budget that grew from $3 million to more than $100 million a year and completing field assignments in various polio-endemic countries. Mr. Keegan serves as CDC’s principal liaison to Rotary International for polio eradication and as an adviser to the International PolioPlus Committee. He is a recipient of the CDC’s distinguished William C. Watson Jr. Award for Managerial Excellence.