Salt Lake City, UT: September 23, 2026 – Do No Harm senior fellow Seth J. Corey, MD, MPH, has been appointed by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to chair the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The task force is a “scientifically independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine” who work to improve the health of all Americans by reviewing scientific evidence and making recommendations about clinical preventive services.
“We are proud and honored to have Seth appointed to such a prestigious position,” said Stanley Goldfarb, MD, Do No Harm chairman. “Dr. Corey’s clinical expertise and years of experience will prove invaluable for the Preventive Services Task Force. We look forward to seeing the outstanding work he will accomplish on preventive healthcare in America.”
Dr. Corey is a board-certified pediatric hematologist-oncologist in the Departments of Pediatrics and Heart, Blood, and Kidney Research at Cleveland Clinic and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and a professor of molecular medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He has over four decades of experience providing care for children and young adults and combines clinical expertise with investigative research experience to advance patient-centered, evidence-based care.
Dr. Corey earned his undergraduate degree with honors in biology and the history of medicine from Yale University and his MD and MPH from Tulane School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Following residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital at Washington University, he completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship studying cell signaling and metabolism at Tufts University. Dr Corey has coauthored more than 150 original articles, commentaries, and book chapters.
Read Dr. Corey’s full bio here.
Read the HHS announcement here.
Do No Harm, established in April 2022, has rapidly gained recognition and made significant strides in its mission to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats. It has over 50,000 members, including doctors, nurses, physicians, and concerned citizens across all 50 states and 26 countries.
