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May 3, 2024 · Tasty Pastry, an Italian bakery in Dyker Heights down the street from Fauci’s apartment. Anthony Fauci was born in 1940 and lived in Bensonhurst through his early childhood.
Feb 15, 2023 · THE EARLY YEARS. Anthony Stephen Fauci was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 24, 1940. His father, Stephen A. Fauci, was a pharmacist who owned his own pharmacy in Bensonhurst,...
4 days ago · The former home of Anthony Fauci, Carl Sagan, and Larry King, Bensonhurst has a rich cultural history that still remains today.
- Who Is Anthony Fauci?
- Early Years and Education
- Early Career to NIAID Director
- HIV-AIDS Research
- West Nile Virus, Ebola and Other Diseases
- Coronavirus, CDC and President Trump
- Awards and Honors
- Wife Christine Grady and Family
- Personal Interests
Dr. Anthony Fauci attended Cornell Medical College before beginning his long career at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in 1968. After taking over as NIAID director in 1984, he became known for his groundbreaking work in HIV-AIDS research, helping to develop effective drugs to scale back the once-outsized mortality rate...
Anthony Stephen Fauci was born on December 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York, the second child of first-generation Italian American parents Eugenia and Stephen. A sports nut, he spent his days playing baseball, basketball and football, when not busy working the cash register or making deliveries for his father's pharmacy. Fauci attended Regis High Sc...
Fauci began his long career at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1968, his tenure interrupted only by a stint as chief resident at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center from 1970-71. A senior investigator in the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, he began carving out a reputation ...
With HIV-AIDS then primarily known for its devastation within the gay community, the new NIAID director faced the dual task of persuading the administration to take the crisis seriously and convincing activists that he was not at fault for perceived government inaction. Fauci successfully lobbied for an increase in AIDS research funding and forged ...
Following his experiences as the government face of AIDS research, Fauci reappeared for the public health threats that marked successive administrations, including the West Nile virus under President Bill Clinton; the anthrax scare and SARS under Bush; and the swine flu pandemic under Barack Obama. He also demonstrated an empathetic human touch whe...
In January 2020, as reports of the novel coronavirus emerged from China, Fauci quickly assembled his research team to get to work on a vaccine. Within weeks, as COVID-19 began leaving a trail of casualties across other countries, he worked with colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control to prepare the American public for what was soon recognized...
Fauci has earned many of the most prestigious awards available to a person in his field, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science and the Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service. In 2019, he was among the inaugural class inducted into the Government Hall of Fame. Fauci also has been awarded 45 honorary doctora...
Fauci met Christine Grady, now chief of the Department of Bioethics at the NIH Clinical Center, when she was a young nurse at the NIH and her future husband needed her help to translate for a Portuguese-speaking patient. They were married in 1985 and have three daughters, Jennifer, Megan and Alison.
Fauci, who lives in Washington, D.C., developed a reputation around the capital for his grueling 16-hour workdays and seven-mile lunchtime runs, though he admitted to toning the latter down to around 3 1/2 miles once the coronavirus outbreak hit. The doctor is said to enjoy fishing, tennis, cooking and art in his limited free time.
2 days ago · Apr. 22, 2024, 11:16 PM ET (Washington Post) Anthony Fauci (born December 24, 1940, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American doctor and scientist who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID; 1984–2022), played a key role in diagnosing and treating a number of contagious illnesses, notably AIDS and COVID-19.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 10, 2020 · Fauci grew up in southwest Brooklyn, first in Bensonhurst and later in Dyker Heights, where his family ran a pharmacy and lived in an apartment upstairs. The pharmacy was across the street...
Oct 1, 2021 · Fauci spent his early childhood in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, in a neighborhood he describes as “99.9 percent Italian American.” All four of his grandparents had...
