Robert M. Kliegman, MD, is a pediatrician renowned for his academic and editorial career. He has served as editor of the prestigious work "Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics." He held positions as Physician-in-Chief at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Previously, he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief at St. Louis Children's Hospital, as well as Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.