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encino sTrong:
a Warrior for

children’s healTh
dr. moshe ardiTi
cedars-sinai medical cenTer

oshe Ar
sician. A scientist
emar
y r
. An
oshe Arditi is a truly remarkable man. He’s a physician. A scientist. An
diti is a trul
k
le man. H
y
ab
e’s a ph
author . A jazz musician. A t eacher . An immigr ant . Dr . Ar diti gr ew up in
author. A jazz musician. A teacher. An immigrant. Dr. Arditi grew up in
ur
hood of Kadik
of
kish capital
o
the neig
Mthe neighborhood of Kadikoy on the outskirts of the Turkish capital of
hbor
y on the outskirts of the T
Istanbul. A bright, promising student, he graduated from Istanbul University’s School
Istanbul. A brig ht , pr omising student , he gr aduat ed fr om Istanbul Uni v ersity ’s School
of Medicine in 1981.
of Medicine in 1981.
Coming to the United States, he began his lifelong dedication to pediatrics working
C oming t o the Unit ed Stat es, he beg an his lif elong dedicat ion t o pediat rics w or king
at Yale University’s Department of Pediatrics, the University of Chicago Children’s
ediat
v
at
sity of C
er
ersity
e Uni
rics, the Uni
’s Department of P
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al
v
en
hildr
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ospital
est
and North
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e came t
en
’s Memorial
ospital
hicago. H
ern C
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in C
Hospital and Northwestern Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He came to
hildr
Los Angeles in 1991 t o t each at Los Angeles USC C hildr en ’s H ospital and became an
Los Angeles in 1991 to teach at Los Angeles USC Children’s Hospital and became an
Angeleno permanentl
Angeleno permanently. .
y
Subsequentl y , he w as appoint ed UC LA ’s Dir ect or of the Di vision of P ediat r ic Inf ectious
Subsequently, he was appointed UCLA’s Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases and Immunology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a professor at UCLA
Diseases and Immunology at C edars- Sinai Medical C ent er and a pr of essor at UC LA
School of Medicine. H e cur r entl y serv es as C edars- Sinai’s e x ecuti v e vice chair of the
School of Medicine. He currently serves as Cedars-Sinai’s executive vice chair of the
Department of Pediatrics and director of the Infectious and Immunological Diseases
Department of P ediat rics and dir ect or of the Inf ectious and Immunological Diseases
. H
ent
ch C
er
esear
is immunology lab
anslat
r
, has been
diti Lab
ory
at
or
, the Ar
T
ional
R
Translational Research Center. His immunology laboratory, the Arditi Lab, has been
funded b y the Nat ional Institut e of H eal th f or tw o decades.
funded by the National Institute of Health for two decades.
ing a cor
Dr
eer
onary disease afflicting
Dr. Arditi has devoted much of his career to investigating a coronary disease afflicting
v
diti
ed much of his car
ot
has de
o in
v
estig
.
t
at
Ar
oblems. H
elong heart pr
e is a leading
v
es them with lif
en lea
en that
oft
childr
children that often leaves them with lifelong heart problems. He is a leading
int ernat ional e xper t in Ka w asak i disease ̶ ̶ - the nat ion ’s number one cause of acquir ed
international expert in Kawasaki disease - the nation’s number one cause of acquired
heart disease among children. The goal of his research lab is to help hundreds of
heart disease among childr en. The goal of his r esear ch lab is t o help hundr eds of
thousands of kids with Kawasaki disease and protect them from developing cardiac
thousands of kids with Ka w asak i disease and pr ot ect them fr om de v eloping car diac
disease as adolescents and adults.
disease as adolescents and adults.
Medical experts say Dr. Arditi’s novel therapeutic approach will be widely used to prevent
Medical e xperts sa y Dr . Ar diti’s no v el ther apeutic appr oach will be widel y used t o pr e v ent
pot entiall y f atal heart disease in childr en with Ka w asaki disease, and allo w them t o
potentially fatal heart disease in children with Kawasaki disease, and allow them to
live healthy, productive lives. He says, “There is nothing like the thrill of discovery. Being
li v e health y , pr oducti v e li v es. H e sa y s, “Ther e is nothing lik e the thrill of disco v ery . Being
something bigger than yourself, that is one of the greatest motivations for a scientist.”
something bigger than y our self, that is one of the gr eat est moti v ations f or a scientist . ”
y in the lab
, he has f
When
ound time t
o publish mor
he’s not bus
e than 151 medical
When he’s not busy in the lab, he has found time to publish more than 151 medical
r research papers, 123 scientific abstracts and contribute to 12 books.
o 12 book
s.
esear
ch paper
s, 123 scientific ab
acts and contribut
str
e t
hogens, immunology and inf
y of deadl
y pat
Fo
For a man immersed in the study of deadly pathogens, immunology and infectious
ectious
a man immersed in the stud
r
diseases, Dr. Arditi has an irrepressible zest for life. At the end of very long days, he
diseases, Dr . Ar diti has an ir r epr essible zest f or lif e. A t the end of v ery long da y s, he
plays the bass, listens to jazz, roots for Turkish soccer, enjoys Japanese food, and of
pla y s the bass, list ens t o jazz, r oots f or T ur kish soccer , enjo y s Japanese f ood, and of
course, spends time with his family. Thank you Dr. Moshe Arditi for being a hero to
course, spends time with his f amil y . Thank y ou Dr . Moshe Ar diti f or being a her o t o
en and their
f
amilies. And t
thousands of childr
thousands of children and their families. And to us.
o us.
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