Anne Rowley M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology/Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Stanley Manne Research Institute, and Attending Physician, The Division of Infectious Diseases, The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She has devoted most of her 30-year academic career to the study of clinical aspects, pathology, immunology, and pathogenesis of Kawasaki Disease, a serious and increasingly recognized worldwide pediatric problem.