--- description: Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew will undergo outpatient surgery to treat a benign enlarged prostate and will be sidelined for about a week title: Surgery for U.S. Treasury Secretary image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd430365556e06d39/698686e5cd804d427acc9e1e/479295579.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to Undergo Minor Surgery  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Mar 24, 2014 5:00 AM CUT  U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob LewNelson Almeida—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Mar 24, 2014 5:00 AM CUT Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew will undergo outpatient [surgery](http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-lew-surgery-treasury-20140323,0,4380726.story "undefined") to treat a benign enlarged prostate on Tuesday and will be recovering for around a week. The 58-year-old, one of President Barack Obama’s top officials, will have the procedure in New York and expects to remain at his home convalescing, according to the Los Angeles _Times._ “His physician expects that he will be able to return to his full schedule next week,” says Treasury spokeswoman Natalie Wyeth Earnest. Lew has been instrumental in helping craft sanctions against Russia over its recent annexation of Crimea. \[[The Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-lew-surgery-treasury-20140323,0,4380726.story "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/35082/treasury-secretary-lew-minor-prostate-surgery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/35082/treasury-secretary-lew-minor-prostate-surgery/"},"headline":"U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to Undergo Minor Surgery","datePublished":"2014-03-24T05:00:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:55:10.536Z","description":"Top official has been instrumental in recent sanctions imposed on Russia over Crimea","url":"https://time.com/35082/treasury-secretary-lew-minor-prostate-surgery/","keywords":["Sanctions","Crimea","Surgery"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd430365556e06d39/698686e5cd804d427acc9e1e/479295579.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd430365556e06d39/698686e5cd804d427acc9e1e/479295579.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew","caption":"U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew","creditText":"Nelson Almeida—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/35082/treasury-secretary-lew-minor-prostate-surgery/","name":"U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to Undergo Minor Surgery"}}]}] ```