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Richard Besser

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Richard Besser was born on 28 August 1959 in the USA.
BornAugust 28, 1959
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    • Awards
      • 6 nominations total

    Known for

    David Muir in World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
    World News Tonight with David Muir
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Self - Chief Health and Medical Editor
    • Self - Senior Health and Medical Editor(as Dr. Richard Besser)
    ABC News Nightline (1979)
    ABC News Nightline
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Self - Medical Correspondent(as Dr. Richard Besser)
    Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan in Good Morning America (1975)
    Good Morning America
    4.4
    TV Series
    • Self - Chief Health and Medical Editor
    • Self - Senior Health and Medical Editor
    • Self - Former CDC Acting Director
    • Self - President and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    • Self - President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    • Self - President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
    PBS News Hour (1975)
    PBS News Hour
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Self(as Dr. Richard Besser)

    Credits

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    • Good Morning America (1975)
      Good Morning America Weekend Edition
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Self - Chief Health and Medical Editor
      • Self - President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
      • Self - Former CDC Acting Director (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2012–2025
    • George Stephanopoulos in This Week (2005)
      This Week
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Self - Former CDC Acting Director
      • Self - Chief Health and Medical Editor
      • Self - Correspondent ...
      • 2012–2025
    • Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan in Good Morning America (1975)
      Good Morning America
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Self - Chief Health and Medical Editor
      • Self - Senior Health and Medical Editor
      • Self - Former CDC Acting Director ...
      • 2009–2025
    • Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson in Weekend Breakfast (2012)
      Weekend Breakfast
      3.8
      TV Series
      • Self - Centers for Disease Control (as Dr Richard Besser)
      • 2024
    • Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie in Today (1952)
      Today
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Self - Former CDC Acting Director
      • Self - Former Acting CDC Director
      • Self - Former Acting Director of the CDC (as Dr. Richard Besser) ...
      • 2017–2022
    • NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas (1970)
      NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Self - Former CDC Acting Director (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2021–2022
    • Stephanie Ruhle in MSNBC Reports Stephanie Ruhle Reports (2021)
      MSNBC Reports Stephanie Ruhle Reports
      4.1
      TV Series
      • Self (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2021
    • Your World (1996)
      Your World
      4.5
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • John Roberts and Sandra Smith in America Reports (2021)
      America Reports
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Self (as Dr Richard Besser)
      • 2021
    • Chuck Todd in MTP Daily (2015)
      MTP Daily
      4.7
      TV Series
      • Self (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2021
    • The View (1997)
      The View
      2.4
      TV Series
      • Self - ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor
      • Self - President
      • Self - CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2014–2021
    • Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist, and Mika Brzezinski in Morning Joe (2007)
      Morning Joe
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Self - Contributor (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2020–2021
    • PBS News Hour (1975)
      PBS News Hour
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Self (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2021
    • Dana Perino in The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino (2017)
      The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Self - Former Acting CDC Director (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2020
    • Margaret Brennan in Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (1954)
      Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Self - Former Acting CDC Director (as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2020

    Archive Footage

    • MS NOW Reports (1996)
      MSNBC Reports Andrea Mitchell Reports
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage, as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2022
    • Robin & Company (2005)
      Robin & Company
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage, as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2021
    • Scientism Exposed (2016)
      Scientism Exposed
      6.1
      Video
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2016
    • Inside Edition (1988)
      Inside Edition
      4.1
      TV Series
      • Self - ABC News Chief Medical Editor (archive footage, as Dr. Richard Besser)
      • 2014

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Dr Richard Besser
    • Height
      • 6′ 6″ (1.98 m)
    • Born
      • August 28, 1959
      • USA

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    • Trivia
      Former acting CDC director.
    • Quotes
      [on Covid-19 vaccines]The caution is that this would be the first mRNA vaccine to be used in humans, so it's important to look carefully at the safety data

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