Dr. Leana Wen

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, CNN medical analyst, and op-ed columnist for "The Washington Post," where she writes a twice-weekly column and anchors the Post newsletter, "The Checkup with Dr. Wen." She is also a professor of health policy and management at George Washington University, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and author of two critically-acclaimed books, "When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests" and "Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health."

Previously, she served as Baltimore's Health Commissioner, where she led the nation’s oldest continuously operating health department in the U.S. to fight the opioid epidemic, treat violence and racism as public health issues, and improve maternal and child health. During her tenure, she declared racism as a public health crisis and focused on health equity initiatives.

Dr. Wen obtained her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine and studied health policy at the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She completed her residency training at Brigham & Women's Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School.

A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Wen has received recognition as one of Governing's Public Officials of the Year, Modern Healthcare's Top 50 Physician-Executives, World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, and TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People. Dr. Wen lives with her husband and their two young children in Baltimore.