Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS

Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS, is Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, and a Pediatric Infectious Diseases attending; Medical Director of the International Patient Services Program (IPS); co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and Director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. In 2025, she serves as president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Articles by Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS

William Schaffner, M.D.: Our vaccination problem is an education problem

ByHeather Stoltzfus, M.P.H., R.N., CIC ,Georges Benjamin, M.D., FACP,Jen Brull, M.D., FAAFP,William Schaffner, M.D.,Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS,Charles Vega, MD

May 30th 2025

An expert physician panel discusses how vaccine policy has gone wrong under the Trump administration, why misinformation has flourished and what individual physicians can do to win back patient trust.

The bad news on vaccines: Trump administration health policy is undermining efforts

ByHeather Stoltzfus, M.P.H., R.N., CIC ,Georges Benjamin, M.D., FACP,Jen Brull, M.D., FAAFP,William Schaffner, M.D.,Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS,Charles Vega, MD

May 27th 2025

The good news on vaccines: Innovation is flourishing

ByHeather Stoltzfus, M.P.H., R.N., CIC ,Georges Benjamin, M.D., FACP,Jen Brull, M.D., FAAFP,William Schaffner, M.D.,Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS,Charles Vega, MD

May 20th 2025

Physician panelists discuss vaccine misinformation and policy in 2025

Why vaccine skepticism is on the rise

ByHeather Stoltzfus, M.P.H., R.N., CIC ,Georges Benjamin, M.D., FACP,Jen Brull, M.D., FAAFP,William Schaffner, M.D.,Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS,Charles Vega, MD

May 13th 2025

Expert physicians discuss the urgent need to rebuild trust in vaccines amid rising skepticism and misinformation during the Trump administration, emphasizing the role of physicians in public health.

A group of experts led by Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FDIPS, discuss how best to address influenza prevention, identification, and treatment in the COVID-19 era and beyond.