Tom Price (U.S. politician)
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| 23rd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
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Assumed office February 10, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sylvia Mathews Burwell |
| Chair of the House Budget Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Diane Black |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 2005 – February 10, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Johnny Isakson |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the Georgia Senate from the 56th district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Sallie Newbill |
| Succeeded by | Dan Moody |
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Thomas Edmunds Price October 8, 1954 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Clark |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA, MD) |
Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price (born October 8, 1954) is an American physician and Republican politician who is currently the 23rd United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Price was the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, encompassing the northern suburbs of Atlanta from 2005 until he resigned in 2017 to become Health Secretary. Price served as chairman of the House Budget Committee and had previously served as chairman of the Republican Study Committee and the Republican Policy Committee.
On November 29, 2016, Price was nominated for United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) by President Donald Trump. The Senate confirmed Price in an 52-47 vote on February 10, 2017.
Price was born in Lansing, Michigan and grew up in Dearborn, where he attended Adams Jr. High and Dearborn High School.
He received his B.A. (1975) and M.D. (1979) degrees from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency at Emory University in Atlanta, and settled in the suburb of Roswell, Georgia.
He ran an orthopedic clinic in Atlanta for 20 years before returning to Emory as assistant professor of orthopedic surgery. Price also was the director of the orthopedic clinic at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital.
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