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The leaders of health care in the new Trump administration
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- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is nominated as Secretary of Health and Human Services, indicating a focus on public health policy leadership.
- Mehmet Oz is chosen to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, bringing a media-savvy approach to healthcare administration.
President-elect Donald Trump's nominations for major positions of leadership in health care in his new administration—including HHS, CMS, CDC, FDA, NIH and surgeon general.
President-elect Donald Trump has officially made several announcements regarding his nominations for major health care openings in his new administration. His picks include Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Jim O'Neill as deputy secretary of HHS, Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, as the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Dave Weldon, MD, as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Marty Makary, MD, MPH, FACS, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Janette Nesheiwat, MD, as surgeon general and Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
