Georgia: Sen. Jon Ossoff’s Wife Shines When He Drops Cash on Her Bosses at Emory University

Sep 23, 2026
Beth Brelje
Abortion & Life | Follow the Money

Despite the university’s $11 billion endowment, Emory has received $31.5 million in taxpayer money from Ossoff.

Everyone knows congressional seats come with better perks than most jobs—a base salary of $174,000, a sweet pension, federal health insurance, and money to blow on travel and staffers for starters. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has found additional perks of office: self-serving earmarks. Personal pork. Money for his honey.

Ossoff’s wife, Dr. Alisha Kramer, is a pro-abortion obstetrics and gynecology doctor at Emory University. She completed her residency at Emory Decatur Hospital in 2023 and now practices at its Women's Center. This busy mother of two preschoolers also uses her vast expertise to teach, working as an assistant professor at the Emory University School of Medicine.

Kramer is politically engaged, and she is happy to wear her white coat when she offers political opinions related to health legislation. In 2019, she spoke against Georgia House Bill 481, a heartbeat bill that became law. The law prohibits abortions upon detecting a baby’s heartbeat, typically at six weeks of pregnancy.

Since taking office in 2021, Ossoff has committed at least $31.5 million in taxpayer money to Emory. That’s enough to cover tuition for 427 Emory freshmen.

Disclosure Underexposure

Ossoff signed a 2025 letter saying neither he nor his immediate family has a financial interest in any of the congressionally directed spending items he requested for Fiscal Year 2026. He likely pens a similar letter each year.

It is hard to imagine university leaders as unmoved by Kramer’s husband bringing them annual buckets of cash. It would be safe to speculate that she gets the best work shifts and gets invited to the best parties with the right people. Think she gets passed over for promotions? Unlikely.

Maybe they don’t teach this at Emory University, but graduates of the school-of-hard-knocks might ask: Would your boss like you more or less if your spouse was a powerful senator and gave the company money every year?

If the answer is more—and it is—financial disclosures should mention this nugget. If your wife earns money from a place you fund, that is a financial interest.

Annual Giving

Let’s take a look at how much taxpayers' hard-earned money has gone to Emory University.

In 2026, Emory Decatur Hospital, his wife's employer, received $476,000 through Ossoff for upgrades to its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

In 2024, Ossoff sent $536,000 to the NICU at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta for equipment.

Also in 2024, Ossoff delivered $1.2 million in federal funding "to help Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory University train and retain more pediatric physicians." According to a statement, the money was for "resident and faculty salaries and resident training programs."

Ossoff gave $500,000 to Emory in 2023 to provide "comprehensive, individualized case management and wrap-around services to meet the needs of trauma survivors in Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwinnett Counties."

In September 2023, Ossoff released a statement taking credit for helping to pass legislation that started another government agency, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a medical research agency. The first funding recipient? Emory University, which received a three-year, $24.8 million agreement to "develop new technologies" that help treat cancers and autoimmune disorders.

Ossoff often advocates for Emory too, like in this 2025 letter pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reinstate funding to Emory for its research into the danger of children’s exposure to lead.

Rural Hospitals Get Less

Restoration News previously reported about Ossoff’s 2020 campaign promises to reopen closed hospitals in rural Georgia. The state has lost 18 hospitals since 2013. In 2024, Ossoff got grants totaling $18.1 million to reopen the 25-bed Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert that closed in 2020. The facility is still not open, forcing residents to travel far for care.

That is because sprinkling money on problems is not always the complete answer. Ossoff never rolled up his sleeves to explore ways to develop a rural healthcare plan that makes business sense to healthcare providers. The model must make enough money to keep the lights on and pay employees. Twenty-five beds, of course, are not enough to attract a healthcare provider to operate the hospital. This is an important, complex problem that Ossoff has not spent a lot of time solving.

It’s much easier to look like a success when giving money for research or medical equipment at your wife’s office. In 2022, Emory University reported its endowment had reached $11 billion. That is enough to pay tuition for more than 157,000 Emory students—the entire population of Macon, Georgia. The university does not desperately need the money, but other areas of Georgia do. Unfortunately, the Georgia needy don’t come with the added perk of making Ossoff’s wife look like a hero at work.

Learn more about Ossoff’s record at https://www.ossoffexposed.com/.

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Beth Brelje is a Senior Political Investigator for Restoration News, focusing on state and federal elections, laws, legislation and the effects policies have on us all. She has nearly 40 years of media experience. 

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