Stephen Ostroff

Stephen Ostroff is an American physician. He served as acting commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from April 1, 2015,^[1] to February 21, 2016,^[2] and from January to May 2017.^[3]

Stephen Ostroff
Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs
In office January 20, 2017 - May 11, 2017
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Robert Califf
Succeeded by	Scott Gottlieb
In office April 1, 2015 - February 22, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Margaret Hamburg
Succeeded by	Robert Califf
Deputy Commissioner for Food and Veterinary Medicine
In office April 1, 2015 – February 21, 2016
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Margaret Hamburg
Succeeded by	Robert Califf
Personal details
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Ostroff is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania of Medicine. He completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and in preventive medicine at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He worked at the CDC, the US Public Health Service, and at the Bureau of Epidemiology of Pennsylvania. In 2013, Ostroff joined the FDA as chief medical officer in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and senior public health advisor to FDA's Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine and was promoted to chief scientist in 2014.^[3]