Marty Makary
Surgeon, professor and author
Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins surgeon and author who served as US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner from 2025 to 2026.
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American Born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
About Marty Makary
Marty Makary practised surgical oncology and laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and he is now Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins. He headed work on the Surgery Checklist, which was created together with the World Health Organization. In 2018 he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine. He served as FDA commissioner after being confirmed in March 2025, and resigned in May 2026. Makary is a New York Times bestselling author. His books include Unaccountable, The Price We Pay, Mama Maggie and Blind Spots. Blind Spots looks at topics such as the microbiome, hormone replacement therapy and peanut allergy, and sets medical dogma against evidence-based science.