Scott Gottlieb
Physician, investor and former FDA commissioner
Scott Gottlieb is an American physician and investor who led the US Food and Drug Administration. He wrote Uncontrolled Spread about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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American Born 1972 in East Brunswick, United States
About Scott Gottlieb
Scott Gottlieb is an American physician and investor. From 2017 to 2019 he was commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the 23rd person in that role. He studied at Wesleyan University and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Earlier in his career he worked at the FDA as deputy commissioner covering medical and scientific matters. He also held a senior post at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and taught as a clinical assistant professor at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. He is a partner at New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm, and contributes to CNBC. He has also served on the board of the drugmaker Pfizer. The National Academy of Medicine has elected him as a member. He wrote Uncontrolled Spread, a New York Times best seller about the COVID-19 pandemic and the national security weaknesses it revealed.