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New FDA chief of staff brings personal experience to job

In addition to leading large-scale healthcare IT projects, Jim Traficant has experienced complex, life-threatening disease

March 10, 2025 9:02 PM UTC

FDA’s new chief of staff, Jim Traficant, brings to the job decades of leadership experience managing complex organizations and using information technology to improve healthcare.

He also brings deep, personal experience with a complex, life-threatening medical condition. ...