MedPage Today November 22, 2024
Kristina Fiore

— Marty Makary has made a name for himself challenging the medical establishment

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Marty Makary, MD, MPH, to run the FDA.

Makary served as the editor-in-chief of MedPage Today from January 2020 through the end of 2021.

“FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost sight of its primary goal as a regulator. The Agency needs Dr. Marty Makary, a Highly Respected Johns Hopkins Surgical Oncologist and Health Policy Expert, to course-correct and refocus the Agency,” Trump said on Friday, in announcing the nomination on Truth Social.

“He will work under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to, among other things, properly evaluate harmful chemicals poisoning our Nation’s food supply and drugs...

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