For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 20, 2004
Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
one individual to serve in his administration:
The President intends to nominate Mark McClellan, of the District
of Columbia, to be the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Currently, Dr. McClellan serves as Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration. He previously served as a member of the White House
Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to that position, he worked at
Stanford University as an Associate Professor and Director of the
Program on Health Outcomes Research. He was also an attending
physician for internal medicine at Stanford Health Services. Dr.
McClellan earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas,
his master's degree from Harvard University, his medical degree from
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and his Ph.D.
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
# # #
|