HHS Secretary Shalala declares personal search for FDA commissioner.
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
HHS ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH BOUFFORD assumed the duties of outgoing Assistant Secretary for Health Philip Lee, MD, Feb. 3. Jo Ivey Boufford, an MD with an extensive background in hospital management, had been Lee's top assistant with the title of principal deputy assistant secretary for health. The assistant secretary has traditionally headed the HHS Public Health Service, although a recent reorganization combined the assistant secretary's office with the HHS secretary's office.