Becker's Healthcare November 25, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Marty Makary, MD, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as commissioner of the FDA, NBC News reported Nov. 22.
Here are 10 things to know about Dr. Makary and his nomination:
1. Dr. Makary is chief of islet transplant surgery and a professor and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University.
2. He served in leadership at the World Health Organization Patient Safety Program.
3. Dr. Makary is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, part of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
4. He has served as a public adviser for the Paragon Health Institute, a conservative healthcare think tank. His current research is...
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