# Leana Wen

Leana Sheryle Wen (Chinese: 温麟衍; born January 27, 1983) is an American physician and writer. She is a practicing physician, a former Health Commissioner for the City of Baltimore, a former president of Planned Parenthood, and author of the book When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests. Currently, she is a visiting professor of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University, where she is also a Distinguished Fellow in the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity.Wen previously practiced as an emergency physician at the George Washington University, where she also served as a professor in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences and professor in health policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health.