McClellan Nominated to Head
FDA
September 27, 2002-President Bush Sept. 25 announced
his intention to nominate Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., to
be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Dr. McClellan is currently a member of the President's Council
of Economic Advisors and a senior policy director for health
care and related economic issues. Prior to joining the Bush
Administration, Dr. McClellan was Associate Professor of Economics
at Stanford University and Associate Professor of Medicine
at Stanford Medical School. He served in the Clinton Administration
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Economic Policy
from 1998-99. Dr. McClellan received his M.D. from the Harvard-MIT
Division of Health Sciences and Technology, and his Ph.D.
in Economics from MIT. He completed his residency training
in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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