David Jonathon Shulkin was born on July 22,1959 and is an American physician and former government official.
28 Facts About David Shulkin
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In 2017, Shulkin became the ninth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs and served under President Donald Trump.
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David Shulkin was the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from 2015 until 2017, appointed by President Barack Obama.
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David Shulkin was succeeded by Under Secretary of Defense Robert Wilkie.
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David Shulkin was born at the Fort Sheridan US Army base in Highland Park, Illinois, to Mark Weiss Shulkin and Sonya Lee, where his father was an Army psychiatrist.
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David Shulkin was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
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David Shulkin has been described as one of the "high priests" of patient centered care.
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David Shulkin was the President and chief executive officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.
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David Shulkin was president of Morristown Medical Center and as vice president of Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization.
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David Shulkin was the first Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and later at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.
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David Shulkin has been the editor of Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management and Hospital Physician, and has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association.
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David Shulkin founded and served as the chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, Inc.
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David Shulkin has written several peer-reviewed journal articles and other professional publications.
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In 1999, David Shulkin started a pay for performance company called DoctorQuality, which ultimately failed.
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In 2015, David Shulkin left the private sector when he was named by President Barack Obama as Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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When his staff told him it would take ten months to organize a summit on combat veteran suicides, David Shulkin told them that during the wait 6,000 veterans would die and to get it done in one month, which they then did.
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On January 11,2017, David Shulkin was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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David Shulkin was the first non-veteran to hold the position.
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David Shulkin hoped to increase reliance on private health care for routine procedures, like hearing aids, so the department could focus on its core mission of caring for the wounded.
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For President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on February 28,2017, David Shulkin was the designated survivor in the line of succession of the president.
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David Shulkin wanted to provide those with a less than honorable military discharge with free mental health care.
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In early July 2017, David Shulkin announced that any settlement with an employee will require the approval of the undersecretary, assistant secretary or equivalent senior-level official.
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On March 28,2018, Trump announced on Twitter that David Shulkin had been fired and would be replaced by appointee Robert Wilkie in the interim.
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The report said that David Shulkin had inappropriately accepted tickets to Wimbledon worth thousands of dollars and had directed an aide to act as a "personal travel concierge" for the trip.
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David Shulkin reiterated that the personal trips were taken outside the time of the conference was held.
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David Shulkin said that the only expense incurred by his wife that was paid by the federal government was for her economy class airfare, which had been approved in advance.
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David Shulkin said that prior to his dismissal the Trump Administration had forbidden him from speaking to the media to respond to the accusations publicly.
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The VA Inspector General report found no evidence that David Shulkin was ever aware of the actions alleged to have been taken by the Chief of Staff.