Anthony Fauci

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Anthony Fauci
Fauci in 2023
2nd Chief Medical Advisor to the President
In office
January 20, 2021 – December 31, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byRonny Jackson
Succeeded byVacant
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
In office
November 2, 1984 – December 31, 2022
Deputy
Preceded byRichard M. Krause
Succeeded byJeanne Marrazzo
Personal details
Born
Anthony Stephen Fauci

(1940-12-24) December 24, 1940 (age 83)
New York City, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1985)​
Children3
Education
Awards
Websiteniaid.nih.gov/director
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
Institutions
Notable studentsDrew Weissman[1][2]
Uniformed service
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Years of service1969–1996[3]
Rank Rear Admiral[4]
Anthony Fauci's voice
On the Omicron variant
Recorded November 2021

Anthony Stephen Fauci (/ˈfaʊtʃi/ FOW-chee;[5] born December 24, 1940) is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 1984 to 2022, and the chief medical advisor to the president from 2021 to 2022.[6] Fauci was one of the world's most frequently cited scientists across all scientific journals from 1983 to 2002.[7][8] In 2008, President George W. Bush awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, for his work on the AIDS relief program PEPFAR.[9]

Fauci received his undergraduate education at the College of the Holy Cross and his Doctor of Medicine from Cornell University. As a physician with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Fauci served the American public health sector for more than fifty years and has acted as an advisor to every U.S. president since Ronald Reagan.[10] During his time as director of the NIAID, he made contributions to HIV/AIDS research and other immunodeficiency diseases, both as a research scientist and as the head of the NIAID.[7]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci served under President Donald Trump as one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. His advice was frequently contradicted by Trump, and Trump's supporters alleged that Fauci was trying to politically undermine Trump's run for reelection. After Joe Biden took office, Fauci began serving as one of the lead members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team and as Biden's chief medical advisor.[11][12] Fauci stepped down on December 31, 2022.

  1. ^ Johnson, Caroline Y. (October 1, 2021). "A scientific hunch. Then silence. Until the world needed a lifesaving vaccine". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Drew Weissman, MD, PhD". University of Pennsylvania Health System. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Fauci, Anthony S. (July 16, 1998). "Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Oral History". National Institutes of Health (Interview). Interviewed by Melissa Klein. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Retirements—August". Commissioned Corps Bulletin. Vol. X, no. 9. Department of Health and Human Services. September 1996. p. 15.
  5. ^ Maxouris, Christina (December 11, 2020). "Fauci, Kamala and other words you pronounced incorrectly in 2020". CNN. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ Fauci, Anthony (December 10, 2022). "Anthony Fauci: A Message to the Next Generation of Scientists". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NIAID was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Anthony S. Fauci Awarded the Highest Honor of the Association of American Physicians" (Press release). National Institutes of Health. April 15, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "Fauci: The Virus Hunter". PBS (Special Documentary). 2021.
  10. ^ Alba, Davey; Frenkel, Sheera (March 28, 2020). "Medical Expert Who Corrects Trump Is Now a Target of the Far Right". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  11. ^ Choi, Matthew (December 3, 2020). "Biden asks Fauci to stay on Covid team, become chief medical adviser". Politico. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  12. ^ Baltimore, Kenya Evelynin (December 4, 2020). "Fauci accepts offer of chief medical adviser role in Biden administration". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 7, 2020.