Leana Wen
Leana Wen | |||||||
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| 温麟衍 | |||||||
Wen in 2013 | |||||||
| President of Planned Parenthood | |||||||
| In office November 12, 2018 – July 16, 2019 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Cecile Richards | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Alexis McGill Johnson | ||||||
| Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department | |||||||
| In office December 5, 2014 – October 12, 2018 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Oxiris Barbot | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Mary Beth Haller (interim) | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | Wen Linyan January 27, 1983 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Spouse |
Sebastian Walker (m. 2012) | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Education | California State University, Los Angeles (BS) Washington University in St. Louis (MD) Merton College, Oxford (MSc, MSc) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 溫麟衍 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 温麟衍 | ||||||
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Leana Sheryle Wen (Chinese: 温麟衍; pinyin: Wēn Línyǎn; born Wen Linyan; January 27, 1983) is an American physician, author, professor, speaker, consultant, columnist, and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood.
Wen has served as a public health communicator during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 mpox outbreak, appearing frequently on CNN as a medical analyst. She was asked to testify four times to Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic, including twice to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. She has garnered criticism by some public health advocates for her views on the pandemic.
Wen serves as a public health professor at George Washington University and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is a columnist for The Washington Post and a medical analyst for CNN.