Leana S. Wen
Washington, D.C.
Contributing columnist focusing on public health and health policy
Education: California State University, Los Angeles, BS; Washington University School of Medicine, MD; University of Oxford, MSc
Leana S. Wen, a Washington Post contributing columnist, writes a twice-weekly column on a broad range of topics with an emphasis on public health and health policy. She writes the newsletter The Checkup With Dr. Wen. Sign up here. An emergency physician, clinical associate professor at George Washington University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, she is the author two books, “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health” and “When Doctors Don’t Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests.” Wen is on the board of directors of the Bipartis
