Leana Wen

Leana Wen
Wen in 2013
President of Planned Parenthood
In office November 12, 2018 – July 16, 2019
Preceded by	Cecile Richards
Succeeded by	Alexis McGill Johnson
Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department
In office December 5, 2014 – October 12, 2018
Preceded by	Oxiris Barbot
Succeeded by	Letitia Dzirasa
Personal details
Born	Wen Linyan (1983-01-27) January 27, 1983 (age 41) Shanghai, China
Spouse	Sebastian Walker ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Education	California State University, Los Angeles (BS) Washington University in St. Louis (MD) Oxford University (MSc, MA)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	溫麟衍
Simplified Chinese	温麟衍
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wēn Línyǎn

Leana Sheryle Wen (Chinese: 温麟衍; 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.^[1][2][3]

Wen was asked to testify four times to Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic, including twice to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.^[4]

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.^[5]