Scott W. Atlas, MD is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

Dr. Atlas investigates the role of government and the private sector in healthcare quality and access, global trends in healthcare innovation, and the key economic and civil liberty issues related to health policy. He is a frequent policy advisor to policymakers and government officials in the United States and other countries. He has served as senior advisor for health policy to several presidential candidates, as well as having counseled members of the U.S. Congress on healthcare, testified before Congress, and briefed directors of key federal agencies. From July to December 2020, he served as a Special Advisor to the President and a White House Coronavirus Task Force member.

Before his appointment at Hoover Institution, he was Professor and Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center for 14 years. His publications and interviews have appeared worldwide. Dr. Atlas is the author of numerous books, including A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight at the Trump White House to Stop COVID from Destroying America. He is also the editor of "Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain and Spine"—the leading textbook in the field, translated into several languages, and now in its 5th edition.