Robert Califf
Robert Califf | |
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Califf in 2022 | |
| 23rd & 26th Commissioner of Food and Drugs | |
| In office February 17, 2022 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Janet Woodcock Namandjé Bumpus |
| Preceded by | Stephen Hahn |
| Succeeded by | Marty Makary |
| In office February 22, 2016 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Margaret Hamburg |
| Succeeded by | Scott Gottlieb |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 73–74) Anderson, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Duke University (BS, MD) |
Robert McKinnon Califf (born 1951) is an American cardiologist who served as the 25th commissioner of food and drugs from 2016 to 2017 and again from 2022 to 2025.
He was first nominated to be commissioner in September 2015 by President Barack Obama and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in February 2016, serving until January 20, 2017.
President Joe Biden renominated Califf to head the Food and Drug Administration on November 12, 2021. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 15, 2022.
Prior to becoming commissioner he had served as the deputy commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Office of Medical Products and Tobacco since January 2015. In 2019, he became head of medical strategy at Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.