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Leana Wen

Leana Wen

Born: January 27, 1983
in Shanghai, China
Leana Sheryle Wen (born Wen Linyan; January 27, 1983) is an American physician, author, professor, speaker, consultant, newspaper columnist and television commentator. She is former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore and former president of Planned Parenthood. She has written two books based on her experiences as a medical professional.

Wen has served as a public health communicator during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2022 mpox outbreak, appearing frequently on CNN as an on-air medical analyst.

Wen was asked to testify four times to Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic, including twice to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

Currently, Wen serves as a public health professor at George Washington University and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She is also a columnist for The Washington Post and a medical analyst for CNN

Movies for Leana Wen...

Title: At This Hour with Kate Bolduan
Character: Self
Released: February 10, 2014
Type: TV
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Weekday news and discussion airing at 11am Eastern.
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Reporter
Title: Reporter
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 2009
Type: Movie
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Reporter is the documentary film about Nicholas Kristof. The film tracks him on a harrowing reporting trip through the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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