Carolyn Bridges | Director for Adult Immunization
Immunize.org

Dr. Bridges is a board-certified internal medicine physician who has worked on influenza and adult immunization issues for over 28 years.  She completed medical school at University of Washington, and internal medicine residency at University of Colorado.  After working as a primary care physician following residency, she joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1996 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer.  She later became the Associate Director for Science in the Influenza Division and then Associate Director of Adult Immunizations.   Her work at CDC focused primarily on influenza, and adult immunization policy and implementation.  She also worked as a volunteer physician at an FQHC in Atlanta for 20 years. Since retiring from CDC in 2017, she has worked with Immunize.org as a Consulting Physician, Director of Adult Immunizations, and co-chair of the National Adult and Influenza Immunization Summit.  In addition, she is a past chairperson of the American College of Physicians Immunization Committee. Dr. Bridges has over 160 publications, including peer-reviewed manuscripts, textbook chapters, CDC adult immunization schedules, and influenza ACIP recommendations.