Moshe Arditi, MD, is Vice-Chair of Research in the Department of Pediatrics, Director of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. In addition, he is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Medicine. Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, Dr. Arditi was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

Dr. Arditi's major area of research interest is the molecular pathogenesis of inflammation, sepsis and septic shock as it relates to overwhelming bacterial infection. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Heart Association support his research projects on toll-like receptors.

Dr. Arditi is a member of the Society of Pediatric Research, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Microbiology, Infectious Disease Society and the International Endotoxin Society. In addition, he serves as a reviewer to the NIH Study Section Bacteriology Mycology.

Dr. Arditi received his medical degree from Istanbul University, School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of Chicago School of Medicine and a pediatric fellowship at Northwestern University Children's Memorial Hospital, where he also served as a research associate.