Rep. Brad Wenstrup, DPM

Republican Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., represents Ohio’s Second Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives and serves as a co-chair of the GOP Doctors Caucus. As a physician, he specialized in podiatric medicine and surgery during his 27 years in private practice. He is also an Iraq War veteran having deployed in 2005 - 2006 with the US Army’s 344th Combat Support Hospital, Task Force 344, to Abu Ghraib, Iraq, where he served as the Chief of Surgery, and the Director of Wound Care. He still serves as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, seeing patients at Walter Reed Medical Center and acting as medical policy advisor to the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve.

As COVID spikes, our leaders have neglected the need for patient-focused, clear communication

OPINION January 5, 2022

As COVID spikes, our leaders have neglected the need for patient-focused, clear communication

Your personal health status and your medical decisions should be between you and your physician – the provider that you know and cares about you.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup: Afghanistan chaos, fear, trauma were not inevitable. Here's the truth

OPINION August 22, 2021

Rep. Brad Wenstrup: Afghanistan chaos, fear, trauma were not inevitable. Here's the truth

We made a promise to these Afghans that we would stand up for them if they stood with us. I know firsthand that our warfighters could not do their jobs without these brave men and women...

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, DPM: COVID vaccine -- Operation Warp Speed is unprecedented, shows America at its best

OPINION December 8, 2020

Rep. Brad Wenstrup, DPM: COVID vaccine -- Operation Warp Speed is unprecedented, shows America at its best

This year has been deeply challenging for our nation. Yet, we have a concrete reason for hope on the horizon.

Rep. Brad Wenstrup: Biden celebrations OK but others are not. Media's COVID hypocrisy now on full display

OPINION November 10, 2020

Rep. Brad Wenstrup: Biden celebrations OK but others are not. Media's COVID hypocrisy now on full display

When leaders choose which causes constitute an acceptable risk to public health based on their own personal political beliefs, it dangerously undermines the validity of every science-backed health advisory.