Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci | |
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.jpg) Fauci in February 2023 | |
| 2nd Chief Medical Advisor to the President | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – December 31, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Ronny Jackson |
| 5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | |
| In office November 2, 1984 – December 31, 2023 | |
| Deputy | James Hill John La Montagne Hugh Auchincloss |
| Preceded by | Richard M. Krause |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Auchincloss |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony Stephen Fauci 24 December 1940 (aged 85) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 3 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
Anthony Stephen Fauci ( /ˈfaʊtʃi/; born December 24, 1940) is an American immunologist. He worked for the National Institutes of Health of the United States. He was the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He became well known in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States for his information about preventing the spread of disease.
He has been called "the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases".[1] He was a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on the COVID-19 pandemic.
On December 4, 2020, newly elected President Joe Biden announced that Fauci would serve as Chief Medical Advisor to the President in the Biden administration.[2]
In August 2022, Fauci announced his retirement from government service.[3] He officially retired on December 31, 2022.
Anthony Fauci has been a principal editor of the medical textbook Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine for many years.
Anthony Fauci Media
President Bill Clinton visits the NIH in 1995 and hears about the latest advances in HIV/AIDS research from Fauci.
President Barack Obama greets Fauci in June 2014.
Fauci speaks to the White House press corps on COVID-19 in April 2020, watched by President Donald Trump (left) and Vice President Mike Pence (right).
Fauci receives his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, in December 2020, at a NIH vaccination event.
Fauci discusses his work in 2020.
Fauci and President Joe Biden in February 2021
Fauci participates in a Senate hearing on COVID-19 variants; January 11, 2022
President Biden granted a Full and Unconditional Pardon on January 20, 2025.
Fauci with his wife Christine Grady and President Joe Biden in 2023
Ben Carson and Anthony Fauci (right) being announced as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush at the White House on June 19, 2008
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References
- ↑ Grady, Denise, "Not His First Epidemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts", The New York Times, March 8, 11, 2020.
- ↑ Merica, Dan. CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office. CNN.com (December 4, 2020). Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- ↑ Stanton, Cady (2022-08-22). "Dr. Anthony Fauci, face of the nation's pandemic health response, to step down in December". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/08/22/dr-anthony-fauci-step-down/7864803001/. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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