This chapter profiles Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician, public health leader, and media commentator who fled China with her family after the protests of Tiananmen Square (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health [Official website]. https://drleanawen.com/ , n.d.; Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; Governing Magazine, Public officials of the year: Leana Wen. https://www.governing.com/poy/gov-leana-wen.html , 2017). After enrolling in college at age 13, and graduating summa cum laude in biochemistry at 18 (Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; California State University, Los Angeles, Cal State LA alumna to head Planned Parenthood. https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-alumna-head-planned-parenthood , 2018), Dr. Wen earned her MD from Washington University (2007) and became a Rhodes Scholar, earning master’s degrees from Oxford in Economic and Social History and Modern Chinese Studies (Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Leana Wen joins Milken Institute School of Public Health. https://publichealth.gwu.edu/leana-wen-joins-milken-institute-school-public-health , 2019, August). Following an emergency medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital (2009–2013), she co-authored “When Doctors Don’t Listen” (2013) (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health [Official website]. https://drleanawen.com/ , n.d.; Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; Wen, und Kosowsky, When doctors don’t listen: how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2013). As Baltimore City Health Commissioner (2015–2018), she implemented an aggressive opioid response including naloxone standing orders that saved an estimated 3000 lives (Baltimore City Health Department, Press releases and public statements, 2015–2018). She briefly served as Planned Parenthood president (2018–2019) (Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood announcement. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-announcement , 2018, September 12; NPR, Planned Parenthood removes Leana Wen as president after less than a year. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/16/742390932/planned-parenthood-removes-leana-wen-as-president-after-less-than-a-year , 2019, July 16) before becoming a Washington Post columnist and CNN medical analyst during COVID-19 (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health [Official website]. https://drleanawen.com/ , n.d.). Her memoir “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health” (2021) chronicles her advocacy (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2021). Named TIME 100 Most Influential People (2019) (TIME, Leana Wen: The 100 most influential people of 2019. https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567751/leana-wen/ , 2019, April), Dr. Wen currently teaches at George Washington University (Mullan Institute, George Washington University, Leana Wen [Faculty page]. https://faculty.smhs.gwu.edu/leana-sheryle-wen , 2024).

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Ogochukwu M. Cox

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This chapter profiles Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician, public health leader, and media commentator who fled China with her family after the protests of Tiananmen Square (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health [Official website]. https://drleanawen.com/ , n.d.; Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; Governing Magazine, Public officials of the year: Leana Wen. https://www.governing.com/poy/gov-leana-wen.html , 2017). After enrolling in college at age 13, and graduating summa cum laude in biochemistry at 18 (Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; California State University, Los Angeles, Cal State LA alumna to head Planned Parenthood. https://www.calstatela.edu/univ/ppa/publicat/cal-state-la-alumna-head-planned-parenthood , 2018), Dr. Wen earned her MD from Washington University (2007) and became a Rhodes Scholar, earning master’s degrees from Oxford in Economic and Social History and Modern Chinese Studies (Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Leana Wen joins Milken Institute School of Public Health. https://publichealth.gwu.edu/leana-wen-joins-milken-institute-school-public-health , 2019, August). Following an emergency medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital (2009–2013), she co-authored “When Doctors Don’t Listen” (2013) (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health [Official website]. https://drleanawen.com/ , n.d.; Merton College, Oxford, Dr Leana Wen, MD (2007). https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/dr-leana-wen-md-2007 , 2021; Wen, und Kosowsky, When doctors don’t listen: how to avoid misdiagnoses and unnecessary tests. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2013). As Baltimore City Health Commissioner (2015–2018), she implemented an aggressive opioid response including naloxone standing orders that saved an estimated 3000 lives (Baltimore City Health Department, Press releases and public statements, 2015–2018). She briefly served as Planned Parenthood president (2018–2019) (Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood announcement. https://www.plannedparenthood.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-announcement , 2018, September 12; NPR, Planned Parenthood removes Leana Wen as president after less than a year. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/16/742390932/planned-parenthood-removes-leana-wen-as-president-after-less-than-a-year , 2019, July 16) before becoming a Washington Post columnist and CNN medical analyst during COVID-19 (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health [Official website]. https://drleanawen.com/ , n.d.). Her memoir “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health” (2021) chronicles her advocacy (Wen, Lifelines: a doctor’s journey in the fight for public health. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2021). Named TIME 100 Most Influential People (2019) (TIME, Leana Wen: The 100 most influential people of 2019. https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567751/leana-wen/ , 2019, April), Dr. Wen currently teaches at George Washington University (Mullan Institute, George Washington University, Leana Wen [Faculty page]. https://faculty.smhs.gwu.edu/leana-sheryle-wen , 2024).