Stephen Ostroff
Stephen Ostroff | |
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Commissioner of Food and Drugs Acting | |
In office April 1, 2015 – February 21, 2016 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Margaret Hamburg |
Succeeded by | Robert Califf |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Stephen Ostroff is an American physician. He has served as Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since April 2015.[1]
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 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He worked at the CDC, the US Public Heath 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.[2]
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Preceded by Margaret Hamburg |
Commissioner of Food and Drugs Acting 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Robert Califf |
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