Gawande, assistant administrator of the Bureau for Global Health at USAID, will discuss the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other topics during a virtual event on April 29
President Biden nominates two prominent Indian-American doctors to key roles
WASHINGTON, July 14: US President Joe Biden has nominated a prominent Indian-American physician and a surgeon to serve in key roles in his administration.
West Virginia’s former health commissioner Dr Rahul Gupta was nominated on Tuesday as the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Atul Gawande, a surgeon and popular author, was nominated for Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health at the US Agency for International Development.
A practising primary care physician of 25 years, Gupta previously served under two Governors as the Health Commissioner of West Virginia. As the state’s Chief Health Officer, he led the opioid crisis response efforts and launched a number of pioneering public health initiatives, including the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Birthscore programme to identify high-risk infants.
Atul Gawande has four New York Times best-selling books to his credit.
Washington:
US President Joe Biden intends to nominate Indian-American surgeon and popular author Atul Gawande to a senior leadership position in the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
According to the White House, Biden intends to nominate Gawande for Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, USAID.
Atul Gawande has four New York Times best-selling books to his credit Complications, Better, The Checklist Manifesto, and Being Mortal. I m honored to be nominated to lead global health development at USAID, including for COVID. With more COVID deaths worldwide in the first half of 2021 than in all of 2020, I m grateful for the chance to help end this crisis and to re-strengthen public health systems worldwide, Atul Gawande said in a tweet.
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