A longtime Johns Hopkins surgeon and best-selling author, he has advised the World Health Organization and been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. (Makary, whose confirmation hearings kicked off in the Senate this morning,

If confirmed to lead the Food and Drug Administration, will Dr. Marty Makary carry out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to disrupt the medical establishment, or would he be a check on it?

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration largely sidestepped questions Thursday from senators about how he would handle numerous pressing issues before the agency, including recent layoffs,

Marty Makary, MD, MPH, President Trump's nominee for FDA commissioner, seems likely to be a lock for the position if Thursday's nomination hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee is any indication.

Questioned by senators at a Thursday hearing, President Trump's FDA nominee said he would reevaluate which scientific topics require an advisory committee's input.

Dr. Marty Makary, President Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, faced questions from the Senate HELP Committee on the abortion pill, vaccines, FDA firings and chemicals in food.