Stephen Hahn is poised to take the helm of the agency amid national concern around youth nicotine use with e-cigarettes and lung injuries connected to illicit vaping products.
nominated Hahn in November to replace former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who abruptly left the agency in March.
Stephen Hahn, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Nov. 20, 2019. Stephen Hahn, nominee to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Nov. 20, 2019.Hahn has spent the majority of his career as a radiation oncologist researching lung cancer and sarcoma. He was named chief medical executive of MD Anderson in 2018.
Prior to that he worked as chair of the radiation oncology department at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
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