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Mobeen H. Rathore, MD, is a tenured Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville. A graduate of King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan, he completed his pediatric residency at Akron Children's Hospital and his fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Saint Louis University/SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis/St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Since 1991, Dr. Rathore has been on the faculty of the University of Florida, where he serves as the Founding Director of the University of Florida Center for HIV/AIDS Research, Education and Service (UF CARES) and Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology. He also serves as Chief of Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Hospital Epidemiologist at Wolfson Children's Hospital.

Dr. Rathore has received numerous teaching awards from medical students and residents. He is the Founding Director of the first accredited pediatric infectious diseases fellowship program in the State of Florida. He is the Editor of the 24th edition of Rudolph’s Pediatrics and Associate Editor of Primary Care in HIV. He is Editor Emeritus of The Florida Pediatrician, the official publication of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and has served on the editorial boards of the American Academy of Pediatrics Red Book, Pediatrics in Review, and AAP Grand Rounds.

NIH-funded since 1994, Dr. Rathore has also secured research and programmatic funding from HRSA, CDC, private foundations, and the pharmaceutical industry. His total extramural funding exceeds $80 million. He has authored more than 500 scholarly communications and delivered over 500 invited lectures worldwide.

Dr. Rathore has served as President of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Duval County Medical Society. He has also served on the boards of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, HIV Medicine Association, and the Florida Medical Association.