Dr. Rahul Gupta is a physician and public health leader who became the first medical doctor to serve as Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2021, he brought clinical experience to the nation’s highest drug policy office, helping shift the federal response to the opioid and fentanyl epidemics toward prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction alongside law enforcement. His leadership reflected a growing recognition of substance use disorder as both a public health and national policy challenge.
