Julie Taitsman, M.D., J.D.

Julie Taitsman currently serves as Chief Medical Officer for the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She previously served as a Senior Counsel in the Industry Guidance Branch of the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General. While at OIG, she was detailed to the Senate Finance Committee to serve as Special Counsel for Health and Science.  Prior to joining the Office of Inspector General, she practiced health care law in Washington, DC, focusing on Medicare payment and coverage and regulation of drugs, biologics, and medical devices.

Dr. Taitsman earned a B.A. from Brown University in 1992, an M.D. from Brown University School of Medicine in 1996, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1998. She completed the Preliminary Medicine Residency Program at Carney Hospital in Boston in 1999 and clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1999 to 2000.