The Washington Post has announced that Leana Wen will join the Opinions section as a contributing columnist effective immediately.
Leana Wen adds an experienced voice on a range of public health and health policy topics.
“Dr. Wen combines a broad and deep public health background, a great sense of empathy and an ability to make arguments on complex topics in clear and engaging ways,” said Fred Hiatt, Editorial Page Editor at The Post. “She is an important voice for readers at a moment when health issues are foremost in all of our minds.”
Leana Wen is a visiting professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, where she is the distinguished fellow of the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. Previously, she served as Baltimore’s health commissioner and led the nation’s oldest continuously-operating health department.
A practicing emergency physician, she has also been a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School, founding director of Patient-Centered Care Research at George Washington University and president of Planned Parenthood.