Zeke Emanuel

About

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is a world leader in health policy, widely cited bioethicist, UPenn provost and professor, and oncologist. Dr. Emanuel is the vice provost for global initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a special advisor to the director general of the World Health Organization, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health and held that position until August of 2011. From 2009 to 2011, he served as a special advisor on health policy to the director of the Office of Management and Budget and National Economic Council. In this role, he was instrumental in drafting the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Emanuel also served on the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board. Dr. Emanuel regularly contributes to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and often appears on BBC, NPR, CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets. Learn more here: http://www.ezekielemanuel.com