@dr_aleksander_kanevsky: Martin “Marty” Makary, MPH ’98, will be nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Makary would lead the agency responsible for regulating the nation’s food supply, vaccines, medicines and medical devices, cosmetics, tobacco, and biologics. Makary is a physician who specializes in surgical oncology and currently serves as chief of islet transplant surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He’s also a member of the National Academy of Medicine; a former leader of the World Health Organization Patient Safety Program; a medical and health policy researcher who has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles; and an author who has written three New York Times best-selling books on health care. #maha

Aleksander Kanevsky, DC, CFMP

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Thursday 02 January 2025 11:23:59 GMT