Thomas Frieden
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| Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
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In office 2009–2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Julie Gerberding |
| Succeeded by | Anne Schuchat (acting) |
| New York City Health Commissioner | |
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In office 2002–2009 |
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| Mayor | Michael Bloomberg |
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| Born | 1960 (age 56–57) |
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Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H is an American infectious disease expert and the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and acting administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry from 2009 to 2017. He was appointed by President Barack Obama. He previously served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) from 2002 to 2009.
Frieden's grandfather immigrated to the United States from Lithuania and earned a PhD in chemistry at Columbia University. His father worked in medicine and fought in the Korean War. His mother has a law degree and a PhD in Russian history. Frieden is Jewish.
Frieden graduated from Oberlin College (B.A., 1982), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (M.D., 1986), and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (M.P.H., 1985). He completed a residency in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and a sub-specialty fellowship in infectious diseases at Yale School of Medicine and Yale–New Haven Hospital.
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