If confirmed, Makary would run one of the nation's leading health agencies, overseeing the regulation of food and drugs.

Marty Makary, Trump’s pick for FDA director, faces his first test as he testifies before the Senate health committee.

Marty Makary, MD, MPH, rose to national attention by skewering the medical establishment in books and papers and bashing the federal response to COVID-19 on TV. Now the Johns Hopkins University surgeon and researcher has been nominated to lead the FDA.

Marty Makary, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US Food and Drug Administration, said he’s ready to carry out the mission of instituting “radical transparency” called for by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

Donald Trump nominated Dr Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, a man who shot to fame by skewering the medical establishment in books and papers and bashing the federal response to COVID-19 on TV.

Marty Makary, President Trump’s pick to be FDA commissioner, promised to step down as an adviser to various health tech, medical device, and telehealth startups if confirmed.

Makary may also face pressure to further reduce head count at the FDA after hundreds of jobs were already cut last month as part of the effort to slash the size of the federal gov