# Stephen Ostroff

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

## Biography

Ostroff is a 1981 graduate of the [University of Pennsylvania](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania) of Medicine. He completed residencies in [internal medicine](/source/Internal_medicine) at the [University of Colorado Health Sciences Center](/source/University_of_Colorado_Health_Sciences_Center) and in preventive medicine at [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](/source/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention) (CDC). He worked at the CDC, the [US Public Health Service](/source/United_States_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]

## References

1. ["FDA head Margaret Hamburg to resign in March"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/fda-head-margaret-hamburg-to-resign-in-march-ostroff-to-be-acting-chief/2015/02/05/0f05de26-ad3a-11e4-abe8-e1ef60ca26de_story.html). *[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)*

1. ["Califf Wins Senate Confirmation Vote on FDA Top Spot"](http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/859321?nlid=100543_3901&src=wnl_newsalrt_160224_MSCPEDIT&uac=22684DN&impID=1001166&faf=1). Medscape. February 24, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-24.

1. Commissioner, Office of the. ["FDA Organization - Meet Stephen Ostroff, M.D., Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs"](https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/ucm386097.htm). *[Food and Drug Administration](/source/Food_and_Drug_Administration)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191218094554/https://www.fda.gov/node/365120) December 18, 2019 at the Wayback Machine.

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