If confirmed, Makary would run one of the nation's leading health agencies, overseeing the regulation of food and drugs.

Marty Makary, a career surgeon and President Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), faced senators in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, aligning himself with the Make

Marty Makary, Trump’s pick for FDA commissioner, testifies before the Senate health committee on Thursday. In 2021, Marty Makary took to Fox News and blasted the Food and Drug Administration. In an op-ed, he called for an overhaul of leadership and culture at the agency that he said was “broken” and “mired in politics and red tape.”