Marty Makary
Martin Adel "Marty" Makary is a British-American surgeon, author, professor and politician. He practiced surgical oncology and gastrointestinal laparoscopic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.[1][2]
Marty Makary | |
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 Makary in 2012 | |
| Commissioner of Food and Drugs | |
Nominee | |
| Assuming office TBD | |
| President | Donald Trump (elect) |
| Succeeding | Robert Califf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martin Adel Makary Liverpool, England |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Abdominal surgery |
| Institutions | Georgetown University, Johns Hopkins University |
In November 2024, President-elect Donald Trump picked Makary to be the Commissioner of Food and Drugs under his second administration.[3]
Early life
changeMakary was born in Liverpool, England. He moved to the United States in Baltimore, Maryland as a young child.
Makary graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine and bachelor surgery from Bucknell Universit. He also studied at Thomas Jefferson University and Harvard University.[4][5]
Medical career
changeMakary finished a surgical residency at Georgetown University[6] in Washington D.C. where he also worked as a writer for The Advisory Board Company. Makary finished surgery training at Johns Hopkins in surgical oncology and gastrointestinal surgery.[7] In his first few years on the faculty at Johns Hopkins, Makary researched and wrote articles on how to stop surgery-related problems.[8]
Makary was named one of the most influential people in healthcare by HealthLeader magazine in 2013.[9] In 2018, Makary was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[10] He has written for The Wall Street Journal,[11] USA Today, Time, Newsweek,[12] and CNN,[13] and appears on NBC and Fox News.[14]
Makary is a supporter for disruptive innovation in medicine. He created The Surgical Checklist at Johns Hopkins.[15] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Makary was a support for face masks to control the pandemic and recommended vaccines for adults.[16] He was also a critic of forced COVID-19 vaccinations.[17][18]
Politics
changeMakary donated to Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008. He also gave money to Republican politician such as Congressman Frank Wolf in the mid 2000s.[19]
FDA Commissioner
changeOn November 22, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Makary to be the Commissioner of Food and Drugs under his second administration.[19][3]
Awards
changeReferences
change- ↑ Makary, Marty (2021-02-18). "Opinion | We'll Have Herd Immunity by April". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ "Marty Makary | The BMJ". www.bmj.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary for FDA commissioner". CNN. November 22, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ↑ "marty makary education - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ ExpertFile. "Dr. Marty Makary Physician, Researcher, Author, Medical Commentator - Expert with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health | ExpertFile". expertfile.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ Hopkins, Johns. "Martin A. Makary M.D., M.P.H." Johns Hopkins Medicine. Johns Hopkins University. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ↑ Flynn, Ramsey. "Judgement Day". Hopkins Medicine Magazine. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ↑ Coldwell, Dr. "Medical Mistakes More Common Than You Think". Health.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
- ↑ Clark, Cherl (17 December 2013). "HL20: Martin Makary, MD—Pushing to Improve Transparency and Quality Standards". HealthLeader. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "Johns Hopkins Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Medicine". Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ↑ Makary, Marty (10 July 2014). "A Minimally Invasive Approach to Health-Care Reform". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast.
- ↑ Makary, Martin (28 December 2015). "Why our health care system is broken". CNN. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ Makary, Marty (10 July 2015). "New FDA Warning". FOX News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ↑ Gawande, Atul (2009). The Checklist Manifesto. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books. pp. 101. ISBN 978-0-312-43000-9.
- ↑ Makary, Martin (10 June 2021). "Opinion | Think Twice Before Giving the COVID Vax to Healthy Kids". www.medpagetoday.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ Friedersdorf, Conor (5 January 2022). "Omicron and the Return to Normalcy". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ↑ Ward, Myah (13 October 2021). "The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus". POLITICO. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Trump to nominate Marty Makary to lead FDA".
- ↑ Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Faculty Directory". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
- ↑ "Pictures of Marty Makary". www.gogomag.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
Other websites
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