Ideas By Dr. Ashwin Vasan January 29, 2025 7:00 AM EST Vasan was appointed as New York City Health Commissioner in Dec 2021 and served until October 2024 D onald Trump has taken office with a view on health policy that has left many in the medical field concerned . Despite the rhetoric that his team will take on long-entrenched issues of nutrition and diet-related chronic disease while it “Makes America Healthy Again” , there is no doubt the Trump health orbit—particularly the nomination of