“I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career,” Fauci said.
Washington – Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert who has become a household name – and the subject of partisan attacks – during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday that he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.
Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical advisor, was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief of the NIAID Laboratory for Immunological Regulation. He has been a pioneer in the federal response to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases even before the coronavirus hit.
“I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career,” Fauci said in a statement, calling those roles “the honor of a lifetime.”
Biden praised Fauci in a statement, saying, “Whether I meet him in person or not, he has impacted the lives of all Americans with his work. I sincerely thank Fauci for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient, and healthier because of him..”
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