Howard Krein
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Born | Howard David Krein 1966 or 1967 (age 57–58) |
Education | Rutgers University(BS,MS) University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey(PhD) Thomas Jefferson University(MD) |
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Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Family | Biden(by marriage) |
Howard David Krein(born 1966/1967)[1]is an Americanotolaryngologist,plastic surgeon, and business executive. He is the husband ofAshley Biden,the daughter ofU. S. PresidentJoe Biden.He is a professor of otolaryngology atThomas Jefferson Universityand is a founding partner and co-director ofThomas Jefferson University Hospital's Facial Aesthetic and Reconstructive Center. Krein is thechief medical officerat StartUp Health, a venture capital and health technology firm. He served on the Biden Cancer Initiative's board of directors from 2017 to 2019. Krein advised theJoe Biden 2020 presidential campaignon itsCOVID-19 pandemicresponse in an unofficial role.
Early life and education
[edit]Krein was born and raised inCherry Hill, New Jersey.[1][2]He is the son of Stanley Krein, an insurance executive and former director of marketing atAetna,and Brenda Ferne "Bunny" Lipner Krein, a physician assistant incardiologyatCooper University Hospital.[1][3]His family isJewish.[2]
As a teenager, Krein competed in CowTown, a weekly summertime rodeo competition inPenns Grove, New Jersey.[2][4]He became a volunteerfirefighterat the age of sixteen.[2][4]
Krein graduated fromRutgers Universitywith a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree inneuroscience.[1][5][6]He obtained a doctoral degree in cell and development biology from theUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey'sRobert Wood Johnson Medical Schoolin 1996.[1][7][8]He graduated from medical school atThomas Jefferson Universityin 2000.[1]He completed an internship in emergency medicine and general surgery and a residency in otolaryngology at Jefferson.[5]He completed a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at theMedical College of Virginia.[5][9]
Career
[edit]Krein is a board-certifiedotolaryngologistwho also specializes infacial and reconstructive surgery.[10][11][12]He has volunteered at the International Hospital for Children, operating on children with facial deformities inBelize.[2][7]Krein also volunteers with Faces of Honor, where he performs reconstructive surgery for victims of domestic violence and veterans of theWar in Afghanistanand theIraqi conflict.[7]
Krein has been on faculty atThomas Jefferson Universitysince 2007,[1][2]and has served as the Senior Director of Health Policy and Innovation at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center since 2016.[13][14]He is a founding partner and co-director of the hospital's Herbert Kean Center for Facial Aesthetics.[5]
Since 2011 Krein has served as a Chief Medical Officer at StartUp Health, previously Organized Wisdom, a venture capital and health technology firm.[2][15]The firm, whose chief executive officer is Krein's brother, lobbied the government on health industry technology regulations in 2018.[16][5]
Krein served as an unofficial advisor to theJoe Biden 2020 presidential campaignon itsCOVID-19 pandemicresponse.[17][18]StartUp Health has been running an initiative to invest in health care startups offering solutions to the global pandemic since March 2020.[19]Krein's role with the Biden campaign while working as an executive of a health technology firm led to speculation about a potential conflict of interest.[19][20]StartUp Health also described Krein as an advisor to theObama administrationin 2011.[19]Krein stated that he does not have a formal role in the Biden campaign, but has participated in briefings on the coronavirus based on his experience treating patients and coordinatingThomas Jefferson University Hospital'sresponse to the outbreak.[20]
Personal life
[edit]Krein began datingAshley Biden,a social worker and daughter of U.S. PresidentJoe Bidenand First LadyJill Biden,in 2010 after being introduced by her half-brother,Beau Biden.[3]They married in June 2012 in a Catholic-Jewish interfaith ceremony atSt. Joseph's on the BrandywineinGreenville, Delaware,[3]officiated by aCatholicpriest assisted by arabbi.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefgh"Ashley Biden and Howard Krein".The New York Times(Press release). June 3, 2012.RetrievedNovember 13,2020.
- ^abcdefg"Meet Joe Biden's Future Son-in-Law".ABC News.
- ^abc"Joe Biden Daughter, Ashley Biden, Howard Krein Wed".People.
- ^ab"Meet Joe Biden's New Son In Law".The New York Observer.May 29, 2012.
- ^abcde"Howard Krein, M.D., Ph.D."
- ^"Krein, Howard - Thomas Jefferson University - Thomas Jefferson University".jefferson.edu.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-09-06.Retrieved2020-10-14.
- ^abcFenton, Erin (August 18, 2020)."The truth about Ashley Biden's husband".TheList.
- ^Walsh, Savannah (August 19, 2020)."All About Ashley Biden, Joe's Youngest Daughter With a Civically-Minded Fashion Label".Elle.
- ^"Howard Krein, MD, PhD".StartUp Health.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-10-19.Retrieved2020-10-14.
- ^"VP Joe Biden's Daughter Is Engaged!".HuffPost.October 31, 2011.
- ^"Ashley Biden, daughter of U.S. Vice President, marries Jewish doctor".Haaretz.
- ^"American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery".Archived fromthe originalon May 14, 2020.RetrievedNovember 13,2020.
- ^"Biden Cancer Initiative seeks to inject urgency into cancer research, foster hope for patients".healio.
- ^Biden Cancer Initiative (June 26, 2017)."Launching the Biden Cancer Initiative"(Press release).PR Newswire.
- ^"5 Giant Problems the Biden Cancer Initiative Can Fix | by Troy Bannister | StartUp Health".healthtransformer.co.29 June 2017.Retrieved2020-10-14.
- ^Braun, Stephen (June 19, 2019)."Biden anti-cancer groups could pose influence concerns".Associated Press– viaABC News.
- ^"Biden Convenes Shadow War Room to Devise Anti-Virus Policy".Bloomberg.April 5, 2020 – via bloomberg.
- ^Burns, Alexander; Goldmacher, Shane; Glueck, Katie (April 28, 2020)."A Candidate in Isolation: Inside Joe Biden's Cloistered Campaign".The New York Times.RetrievedNovember 13,2020.
- ^abc"Biden's son-in-law advises campaign on pandemic while investing in Covid-19 startups".Politico.13 October 2020.
- ^abCastronuovo, Celine (October 13, 2020)."Questions raised about conflicts of interest around Biden son-in-law".The Hill.
External links
[edit]- Howard Krein's publicationsindexed by theScopusbibliographic database.(subscription required)
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- American chief operating officers
- American otolaryngologists
- Jewish physicians
- Otolaryngologists
- American plastic surgeons
- Biden family
- Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign
- Living people
- People from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- 21st-century American physicians
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- Physicians from New Jersey
- 1960s births