Interim Management Team
Named at CDC
April 5, 2002 - Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson March 29 announced
a four person interim management team to oversee operations
at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until
a new director is named. Former Director Jeffrey Koplan resigned
on March 31. Secretary Thompson named CDC Deputy Director
for Science and Public Health David Fleming, M.D., as acting
director; James Hughes, M.D., and Julie Gerberding, M.D.,
to lead the agency's bioterrorism efforts; and Michael Osteholm,
M.D., to serve as the Secretary's liaison to the CDC during
the transition.
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