President

Dr. Bocchini is Director of Willis Knighton Children’s Health Services in Shreveport and Professor and Vice Chairman of the Tulane University Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Bocchini received his MD from St. Louis University, completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Connecticut, and a fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at The Johns Hopkins University. He was a member of the Pediatric Faculty at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport for several years, serving as Pediatric Department Chairman for over 27 years.

Dr. Bocchini is a past chair of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a past member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during which time he served as Chair of the ACIP HPV Vaccine workgroup. Dr. Bocchini is a Past President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.