Scott Rivkees M.D. is Professor of Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. He is the former Surgeon General and Secretary of Health of Florida. He is the past Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida and past Physician-in-Chief of Shands Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Rivkees is a pediatric endocrinologist and physician scientist. He received residency, fellowship and postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he was also junior faculty. Before moving to Florida, he was Professor with tenure at Yale University, where he was Associate Chair for Research, and started and directed the Yale Pediatric Thyroid Center, the first of its kind in the US.

He authored more than 300 articles, including original reports, chapters, editorials and books. Dr. Rivkees has had continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for more than 35 years.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Thyroid Association. He has played a role in ATA guideline development committees, including the ATA Hyperthyroidism Task Force. He has been designated a World Expert in hyperthyroidism.

He is responsible for the safety alert about liver toxicity of the antithyroid drug propylthiouracil that lead to major international treatment practice changes. For this effort, he was recognized as the recipient of the American Thyroid Association, Paul Starr Award, the first time this award was given to a pediatrician.