Becker's Healthcare December 9, 2024
As President-elect Donald Trump begins assembling his cabinet and administration, several physicians are among the candidates for leadership positions.
Most notable, Mr. Trump has tapped television star Mehmet Oz, MD, as his nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Here are four additional physicians joining Mr. Trump’s second administration:
Marty Makary, MD, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has been named commissioner of the FDA. Dr. Makary is the chief of islet transplant surgery at Johns Hopkins, served in leadership at the World Health Organization Patient Safety Program and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He’s also served as a public adviser to Paragon Health Institute, a conservative...