Bush Will Nominate Physician to NHTSA
President Bush will nominate Jeffrey Runge, a North Carolina doctor trained in emergency medicine, as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the White House said.
Runge, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the fourth physician to serve as the nation’s top auto-safety regulator.
Runge is assistant chairman of emergency medicine at the Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte and is an expert in motor vehicle injury care and prevention.
In 1996, Runge spent a year as a fellow at NHTSA and has served on numerous professional and civic boards, including the Board of Advisors of the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.
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