Who Are the Acting Heads of Federal Health Agencies?
This is a MedPage Today story. As President Donald Trump's picks to lead federal health agencies await confirmation hearings, there are now acting directors in place at HHS and its key sub-agencies. Here is what is known about who is currently running the show at these sprawling and influential entities. HHS Acting Secretary: Dorothy Fink, MD Fink is deputy assistant secretary for women's health and director of the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS. She is board certified in endocrinology, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Soon after her appointment as acting secretary, she told agency staff leaders in a memo that an "immediate pause" had been ordered on communications, such as regulations, guidance, announcements, press releases, social media posts, and website posts, until they had been approved by a political appointee. In a subsequent statement issued this week, Fink noted that the Office for Civil Rights at HHS would...
This is a MedPage Today story.
As President Donald Trump's picks to lead federal health agencies await confirmation hearings, there are now acting directors in place at HHS and its key sub-agencies.
Here is what is known about who is currently running the show at these sprawling and influential entities.
HHS Acting Secretary: Dorothy Fink, MD
Fink is deputy assistant secretary for women's health and director of the Office on Women's Health in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS. She is board certified in endocrinology, internal medicine, and pediatrics.
Soon after her appointment as acting secretary, she told agency staff leaders in a memo that an "immediate pause" had been ordered on communications, such as regulations, guidance, announcements, press releases, social media posts, and website posts, until they had been approved by a political appointee.
In a subsequent statement issued this week, Fink noted that the Office for Civil Rights at HHS would...
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