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David Kessler
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| Co-Chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board | |
| Assumed office January 20,2020 Serving with Vivek Murthy Marcella Nunez-Smith |
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| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Mike Pence |
| 17th Commissioner of Food and Drugs | |
| In office November 8, 1990 – February 28, 1997 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Frank Young |
| Succeeded by | Jane E. Henney |
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David Aaron Kessler
May 13, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) Harvard University (MD) |
David Aaron Kessler (born May 13, 1951) is an American pediatrician, lawyer, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental). He was the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from November 8, 1990 to February 28, 1997.
On November 9, 2020, Kessler was announced as one of the three co-chairs of Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board, alongside former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith in his administration.
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Kessler delivers a lecture at George Washington University in October 2013.
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