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  1. David Aaron Kessler (born May 13, 1951) is an American pediatrician, attorney, author, and administrator (both academic and governmental) serving as Chief Science Officer of the White House COVID-19 Response Team since 2021.

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  2. I mentioned that Kessler was Jewish. She said, “Yes, I knew his parents—his father, IRVING, was ‘fancy’; he was in the jewelry business with his brothers. I knew David and Paulette a little.” Bottom line: the Kessler family lived within a few miles of my Long Island elderly relative.

  3. Aug 10, 2018 · The last name Kessler has German and Ashkenzai Jewish origins (fun fact: it means coppersmith), but Kessler, who planned last year’s white supremacist rally, does not appear to be Jewish.

  4. Kessler is gay. [5] In 2000, he adopted two sons, Richard and David, [3] the latter of whom passed away from an accidental drug overdose in 2016. [5] [12] He is a godfather to Marianne Williamson's daughter India Emmaline, [14] and she is in turn a godmother to both of his sons. [15]

  5. His (real-life) wife, actress Sheila Kelley, who plays his wife on “The Good Doctor,” has revealed that she has Covid-19, too, as does their son. Ironically, the new season of “The Good Doctor” began with two episodes about the impact of Covid-19 on the hospital that Glassman once headed-up.

  6. David A. Kessler. Appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in December 1990 by President George Bush, David A. Kessler (born 1951) was reappointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. He stepped down in 1997 to become dean of the Yale University School of Medicine.

  7. Nov 24, 2015 · David A. Kessler, M.D. served as Commissioner of Food and Drugs from November 8, 1990 to February 28, 1997. In his oral history, he recounts how he led the agency’s response to the