Stephen Ostroff

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Stephen Ostroff
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs
In office
January 20, 2017 - May 11, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byRobert Califf
Succeeded byScott Gottlieb
In office
April 1, 2015 - February 22, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMargaret Hamburg
Succeeded byRobert Califf
Deputy Commissioner for Food and Veterinary Medicine
In office
April 1, 2015 – February 21, 2016
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byMargaret Hamburg
Succeeded byRobert Califf
Personal details
BornPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania

Stephen Ostroff is an American physician. He served as acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from April 1, 2015,[1] to February 21, 2016.[2]

Biography

Ostroff is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania of Medicine. He completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and in preventive medicine at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He worked at the CDC, the US Public Health Service, and at the Bureau of Epidemiology of Pennsylvania. In 2013, Ostroff joined the FDA as chief medical officer in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and senior public health advisor to FDA's Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine and was promoted to chief scientist in 2014.[3]

References

  1. ^ "FDA head Margaret Hamburg to resign in March". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Califf Wins Senate Confirmation Vote on FDA Top Spot". Medscape. February 24, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  3. ^ Commissioner, Office of the. "FDA Organization - Meet Stephen Ostroff, M.D., Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs". Food and Drug Administration.
Political offices
Preceded by Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Acting

2015–2016
Succeeded by