Anthony Fauci

Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
	Fauci in February 2023
2nd Chief Medical Advisor to the President
	In office; January 20, 2021 – December 31, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Ronny Jackson
5th Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
	In office; November 2, 1984 – December 31, 2023
Deputy	James Hill ; John La Montagne; Hugh Auchincloss
Preceded by	Richard M. Krause
Succeeded by	Hugh Auchincloss
Personal details
Born	Anthony Stephen Fauci; December 24, 1940 (age 83); New York City, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Christine Grady (m. 1985)
Children	3
Education	College of the Holy Cross (BA); Cornell University (MD);
Awards	Maxwell Finland Award (1989); Ernst Jung Prize (1995); Lasker Award (2007); Presidential Medal of Freedom (2008); Robert Koch Prize (Gold, 2013); Public Welfare Medal (2021); Dan David Prize (2021);
	Scientific career
Fields	Immunology
Institutions	National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Anthony Stephen Fauci ( /ˈfaʊtʃi/; born December 24, 1940) is an American immunologist. He worked for the National Institutes of Health of the United States. He was the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He became well known in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States for his information about preventing the spread of disease.

He has been called "the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases".^[1] He was a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on the COVID-19 pandemic.

On December 4, 2020, newly elected President Joe Biden announced that Fauci would serve as Chief Medical Advisor to the President in the Biden administration.^[2]

In August 2022, Fauci announced his retirement from government service.^[3] He officially retired on December 31, 2022.

Anthony Fauci has been a principal editor of the medical textbook Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine for many years.

References

↑ Grady, Denise, "Not His First Epidemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts", The New York Times, March 8, 11, 2020.
↑ Merica, Dan (December 4, 2020). "CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office". CNN.com. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
↑ Stanton, Cady (2022-08-22). "Dr. Anthony Fauci, face of the nation's pandemic health response, to step down in December". USA Today. Retrieved 2022-08-22.

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[Grady-1] Grady, Denise, "Not His First Epidemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci Sticks to the Facts", The New York Times, March 8, 11, 2020.

[2] Merica, Dan (December 4, 2020). "CNN Exclusive: Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks for the first 100 days he's in office". CNN.com. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[3] Stanton, Cady (2022-08-22). "Dr. Anthony Fauci, face of the nation's pandemic health response, to step down in December". USA Today. Retrieved 2022-08-22.

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