Born in the UK, Dr Marty Makary is a Johns Hopkins professor and was nominated to be the 26th Commissioner of the FDA. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, Unaccountable and The Price We Pay.

A medical innovator, at John Hopkins Makary helped to develop The Surgical Checklist, which was later popularized in Atul Gawande's best-selling book The Checklist Manifesto. Makary was named one of the most influential people in healthcare by HealthLeaders magazine, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, previously worked at the WHO and has been a visiting professor at 25 medical schools.