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Marty Makary

American surgeon and author

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
Makary in 2012
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentDonald Trump (elect)
SucceedingRobert Califf
Personal details
Born
Martin Adel Makary

Liverpool, England
Education
OccupationSurgeon
Scientific career
FieldsAbdominal surgery
InstitutionsGeorgetown 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

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Makary 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

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Makary 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

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Makary 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

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On 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

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  1. Best Teacher Award for Georgetown Medical School[20]
  2. Research awards from the Washington Academy of Surgery and the New England Surgical Society[21]

References

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  1. ↑ Makary, Marty (2021-02-18). "Opinion | We'll Have Herd Immunity by April". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Marty Makary | The BMJ". www.bmj.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary for FDA commissioner". CNN. November 22, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ "marty makary education - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Flynn, Ramsey. "Judgement Day". Hopkins Medicine Magazine. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Coldwell, Dr. "Medical Mistakes More Common Than You Think". Health.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Johns Hopkins Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Medicine". Johns Hopkins Medicine Newsroom. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  11. ↑ Makary, Marty (10 July 2014). "A Minimally Invasive Approach to Health-Care Reform". The Wall Street Journal.
  12. ↑ "The Daily Beast". The Daily Beast.
  13. ↑ Makary, Martin (28 December 2015). "Why our health care system is broken". CNN. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  14. ↑ Makary, Marty (10 July 2015). "New FDA Warning". FOX News. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  15. ↑ Gawande, Atul (2009). The Checklist Manifesto. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books. pp. 101. ISBN 978-0-312-43000-9.
  16. ↑ Makary, Martin (10 June 2021). "Opinion | Think Twice Before Giving the COVID Vax to Healthy Kids". www.medpagetoday.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  17. ↑ Friedersdorf, Conor (5 January 2022). "Omicron and the Return to Normalcy". The Atlantic. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Ward, Myah (13 October 2021). "The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus". POLITICO. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Trump to nominate Marty Makary to lead FDA".
  20. ↑ Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Faculty Directory". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  21. ↑ "Pictures of Marty Makary". www.gogomag.com. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

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