Stephen Ostroff
| Stephen Ostroff | |
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| Deputy Commissioner for Food and Veterinary Medicine | |
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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 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 Center 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
- ↑ FDA head Margaret Hamburg to resign in March; Ostroff to be acting chief (Washington Post article-February 5, 2015)
- ↑ "Califf Wins Senate Confirmation Vote on FDA Top Spot". Medscape. February 24, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ↑ 2015 FDA biography on Stephen Ostroff
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| Preceded by Margaret Hamburg |
Commissioner of Food and Drugs Acting 2015–2016 |
Succeeded by Robert Califf |