Ezzeldin Saleh, MBBS, is an Assistant professor of Pediatrics at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Dr. Saleh completed his Pediatric Infectious Diseases fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina (2017). He completed his pediatric residency training at Penn State Hershey Medical Center (2003). He earned his medical degree from the University of Khartoum in Sudan. Previously he was practicing as a general pediatrician in the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin (2008-2013).

His research activities included a collaborative research project in Sudan focused on the elimination of measles. He was awarded a grant from Mayo Clinic (2011) to conduct a research project directed towards improving appropriate antibiotic prescribing for pediatric outpatients. He also earned a diploma in Clinical and Translational Sciences at Mayo Clinic. During his fellowship research experience at Duke University he worked at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute (DHVI) and the Duke Clinical Vaccine Unit (DCVU). His clinical research focused on evaluating vaccine safety and immunogenicity. Board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, he is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.