Howard A. Zucker (born September 6, 1959) served as the 16th commissioner of the New York State Department of Health from 2015-2021. He was appointed to the position by Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2015 and had served as Acting Commissioner the prior year after the abrupt resignation of Nirav Shah.[1][2]
Howard A. Zucker | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health | |
| In office 2015–2021 | |
| Governor | Andrew Cuomo Kathy Hochul |
| Preceded by | Nirav R. Shah |
| Succeeded by | Mary T. Bassett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 6, 1959 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | McGill University (B.S.) George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences (M.D.) Fordham University Law School (J.D.) Columbia University Law School (LL.M) London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Occupation | Medical administrator |
| Profession | Physician |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he appeared frequently in media as the ultimate expert on the status of the pandemic in the State of New York.[3]
In January 2021, the New York Attorney General’s office released a report showing that the New York Department of Health under-counted statewide nursing home deaths by as much as 50%.[4] Both Governor Cuomo and Zucker were blamed for the under-count.[5]
During the presidency of George W. Bush, Zucker was a White House Fellow and latter Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health in the Department of Health and Human Services under Tommy Thompson. Afterwards, he served as the assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Governor Cuomo Announces Administration Appointments". Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. January 13, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Campbell, Jon (January 13, 2015). "Cuomo taps Zucker for health commissioner". The Journal News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ Gormley, Michael. "Zucker finds himself at the center of the coronavirus storm". Newsday.
- ^ McKinley, Jesse; Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (January 28, 2021). "N.Y. Severely Undercounted Virus Deaths in Nursing Homes, Report Says". The New York Times.
- ^ "Supreme Court rules against Gov. Cuomo on COVID-19 nursing home data". February 3, 2021.
- ^ Paumgarten, Nick (August 26, 2019). "The Message of Measles". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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