Dr. Alejandro D. Cané

North America Chief of Scientific and Medical Affairs, Vaccines Division
Pfizer

Dr. Alejandro D. Cané is specialist in Pediatrics and Pediatric infectious diseases graduated with honors from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In addition, he has completed a Masters in Clinical and Pharmacological Research in Austral University in Argentina, and he also completed the Advance Course of Vaccinology of Merieux Foundation (France) and the University of Geneva (Switzerland).

In the academic area, he serves as Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious diseases, and Pharmacology, chairs in the pre and post degree from Austral University in Argentina and he has completed Pediatrics and Pediatrics Infectious Diseases residency in Children´s Hospital “Ricardo Gutiérrez” of Buenos Aires, among other positions head. His health care experience in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases area was developed in different hospitals such as the Children´s Hospital of Buenos Aires and Hospital Austral in Argentina.

It has made over 100 publications in the field of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases and Vaccines and collaborated on several book publishing by addressing the same areas.

Dr. Cané is a member of the National Committee of Pediatric Infectious Diseases of the Argentine Society of Pediatrics and the Commission of Vaccines of the Argentina Society of Infectology as well as member of Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

He joined Wyeth in 2006 as Vaccines expert and during the last 15 years he has played different Vaccines Medical and Scientific Leadership roles in different regions all over the world, Latin America, Asia, China, Africa and Middle East. Since June 2019, he is Vaccines Scientific and Medical Affairs Lead in Canada and the US.