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Dr. Harry L. Keyserling is a professor of pediatrics in the division of infectious diseases, epidemiology, and immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine. He also serves as hospital epidemiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.

He has chaired the Infectious Disease Committee of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics since 1987. During this period, he has worked with the Georgia State Health Department to develop strategies and policies to increase immunization rates in Georgia, establish a state pediatric AIDS program, and facilitate the implementation of a tuberculosis control program for metropolitan Atlanta.

Dr. Keyserling has an interest in virology, hospital epidemiology, and clinical vaccinology. During the last 25 years, he has conducted more than 90 clinical vaccine trials in children and adults. He received his bachelor's degree in 1973 from Johns Hopkins University and his medical degree in 1977 from Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed his pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric infectious disease and immunology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. He joined the faculty at Emory University in 1982.