Zeke Emanuel — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Instrumental in drafting the Affordable Care Act (2009-2011) as a special advisor on health policy to the director of the Office of Management and Budget and National Economic Council.
Special advisor to the director general of the World Health Organization and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Served on the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board (2020).
Founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health until August 2011.
Holds an M.D. and a Ph.D. in political philosophy from Harvard University (1988, 1989).

Biography

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, is an American oncologist, bioethicist, and a prominent figure in health policy. He currently holds the positions of Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Emanuel is also the chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the university, and holds a joint appointment at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School.

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