Scott Gottlieb

Dr. Gottlieb is a physician and served as the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Gottlieb’s work focuses on advancing public health through developing and implementing innovative approaches to improve medical outcomes, reshape healthcare delivery, and expand consumer choice and safety. He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates; a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; a contributor to CNBC; and a board member to Pfizer, Inc. and Illumina, Inc.

Under his leadership, the FDA advanced new frameworks for the safe and effective oversight of gene therapies, cell-based regenerative medicines, targeted drugs, digital health devices, and vaccine manufacturing. The agency implemented new reforms to standardize drug reviews and make historic improvements of post-market data collection and the use of real-world evidence. He promoted policies to reduce death and disease from tobacco, improve food innovation and safety, and aggressively confront addiction crises. The agency’s historic and prolific advances in new policy distinguished his tenure as the FDA’s commissioner, in addition to a record-setting number of approvals of novel drugs, medical devices, and generic medicines.

Previously, Dr. Gottlieb served as the FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs and before that, as a Senior Adviser to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where he helped advance policies to improve healthcare quality and promote the effective use of new medical technologies. Dr. Gottlieb was a practicing hospitalist and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the New York University School of Medicine. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.