David Shulkin
| David Shulkin | |
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| 9th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs | |
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Assumed office February 14, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Bob McDonald |
| Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health | |
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In office July 6, 2015 – February 13, 2017 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Clancy (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Jonathon Shulkin June 22, 1959 Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Merle Bari |
| Education |
Hampshire College (BA) Drexel University (MD) |
David Jonathon Shulkin (born June 22, 1959) is the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was nominated by President Donald Trump and unanimously confirmed by the Senate on February 13, 2017. Prior to becoming the VA Secretary, Shulkin served as the Under Secretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from 2015 until 2017 in the Obama administration.
Shulkin was born at the Fort Sheridan U.S. Army base in Highland Park, Illinois, where his father served as an Army psychiatrist. He received a BA from Hampshire College in 1982, and an MD degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania (which has since merged into Drexel University) in 1986; he then did his internship at Yale School of Medicine, and his residency and fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center. He is married to Merle Bari, a dermatologist.
Shulkin served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. He also served as president of Morristown Medical Center and as vice president of Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization.
He has been Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.
His other academic positions have included Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel University College of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Shulkin has been the editor of Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management and Hospital Physician, and has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association. He founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, Inc., a consumer-oriented information service.
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