Surgeon General of the United States
The Surgeon General of the United States is in charge of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC). They are the main spokesperson about things dealing with public health in the federal government. The Surgeon General's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG).
| Surgeon General of the United States | |
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.svg) Seal of the United States Public Health Service, 1798 | |
 Flag of the United States Surgeon General | |
| Public Health Service Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps | |
| Reports to | United States Assistant Secretary for Health |
| Seat | Hubert H. Humphrey Building, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | The President with United States Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Formation | March 29, 1871 |
| First holder | John M. Woodworth (as Supervising Surgeon) |
| Website | www.SurgeonGeneral.gov |
Selection and current office-holder
The Surgeon General is chosen by the U.S. President and confirmed by the Senate. The Surgeon General serves for a four-year period of time. The Surgeon General is either the highest ranking or second highest ranking uniformed officer of the PHSCC. This depends on if the current Assistant Secretary for Health is a PHSCC commissioned officer or not. The position has the grade of a three-star vice admiral .[1]
Surgeons General of the United States
| № | Name (birth–death) |
Photo | Term of office | Appointed by (term) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of term | End of term | ||||
| 1 | John M. Woodworth (1837–1879) |
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March 29, 1871 | March 14, 1879 | Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877) |
| 2 | RADM John B. Hamilton (1847–1898) |
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April 3, 1879 | June 1, 1891 | Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) |
| 3 | RADM Walter Wyman (1848–1911) |
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June 1, 1891 | November 21, 1911 | Benjamin Harrison (1889–1893) |
| 4 | RADM Rupert Blue (1868–1948) |
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January 13, 1912 | March 3, 1920 | William Howard Taft (1907–1913) |
| 5 | RADM Hugh S. Cumming (1869–1948) |
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March 3, 1920 | January 31, 1936 | Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) |
| 6 | RADM Thomas Parran, Jr. (1892–1968) |
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April 6, 1936 | April 6, 1948 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) |
| 7 | RADM Leonard A. Scheele (1907–1993) |
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April 6, 1948 | August 8, 1956 | Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) |
| 8 | RADM Leroy Edgar Burney (1906–1998) |
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August 8, 1956 | January 29, 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) |
| 9 | RADM Luther Terry (1911–1985) |
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March 2, 1961 | October 1, 1965 | John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) |
| 10 | VADM William H. Stewart (1921–2008) |
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October 1, 1965 | August 1, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) |
| N/A | RADM Richard A. Prindle (c. 1926–2001) Acting Surgeon General |
August 1, 1969 | December 18, 1969[2][3] | Richard Nixon (1969–1974) | |
| 11 | RADM Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (1927–2014) |
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December 18, 1969[4] | January 30, 1973[5] | |
| N/A | RADM S. Paul Ehrlich, Jr. (1932–2005) Acting Surgeon General |
January 31, 1973[6] | July 13, 1977 | ||
| 12 | VADM Julius B. Richmond (1916–2008) |
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July 13, 1977 | January 20, 1981[7] | Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) |
| N/A | Edward Brandt, Jr. (1933–2007) Acting Surgeon General |
May 14, 1981 | January 21, 1982 | Ronald Reagan (1981–1989) | |
| 13 | VADM C. Everett Koop (1916–2013) |
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January 21, 1982 | October 1, 1989 | |
| N/A | ADM James O. Mason (1930–2019) Acting Surgeon General |
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October 1, 1989 | March 9, 1990 | George H. W. Bush.jpg) (1989–1993) |
| 14 | VADM Antonia C. Novello (1944–) |
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March 9, 1990 | June 30, 1993 | |
| N/A | RADM Robert A. Whitney (1935–) Acting Surgeon General |
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July 1, 1993 | September 8, 1993 | Bill Clinton (1993–2001) |
| 15 | VADM Joycelyn Elders (1933–) |
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September 8, 1993 | December 31, 1994 | |
| N/A | RADM Audrey F. Manley (1934–) Acting Surgeon General |
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January 1, 1995 | July 1, 1997 | |
| 16 | ADM[8] / VADM David Satcher (1941–) |
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February 13, 1998 | February 12, 2002 | |
| N/A | RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu (1945–) Acting Surgeon General |
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February 13, 2002 | August 4, 2002 | George W. Bush (2001–2009) |
| 17 | VADM Richard Carmona (1949–) |
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August 5, 2002 | July 31, 2006 | |
| N/A | RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu (1945–) Acting Surgeon General |
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August 1, 2006 | September 30, 2007 | |
| RADM Steven K. Galson (1956–) Acting Surgeon General |
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October 1, 2007 | October 1, 2009 | ||
| RADM Donald L. Weaver Acting Surgeon General |
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October 1, 2009 | November 3, 2009 | Barack Obama (2009–2017) | |
| 18 | VADM Regina Benjamin[9] (1956–) |
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November 3, 2009[10] | July 16, 2013 | |
| N/A | RADM Boris D. Lushniak Acting Surgeon General |
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July 17, 2013 | December 18, 2014 | |
| 19 | VADM Vivek Murthy (1977–) |
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December 18, 2014 | April 21, 2017 | |
| N/A | RADM Sylvia Trent-Adams Acting Surgeon General |
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April 21, 2017 | September 5, 2017 | Donald Trump.jpg) (2017–2021) |
| 20 | VADM Jerome Adams (1974–) |
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September 5, 2017 | January 20, 2021 | |
| 21 | VADM Vivek Murthy (1977–) |
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March 25, 2021 | Incumbent | Joe Biden (since 2021) |
Surgeon General Of The United States Media
John M. WoodworthSurgeon General of the United States Marine Hospital Service
Commodore John B. Hamilton2nd Surgeon General of the United States
Walter Wyman, ca. 1898 (B026910)
Rupert Blue (30 May 1868 – 12 April 1948), Surgeon General of the United States
Rear Admiral Hugh S. Cumming, U.S. Public Health Service
Rear Admiral Leonard A. ScheeleSurgeon General of the United States
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References
- ↑ Public Health, Commissioned Corps Uniforms and Ranks Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "House Panel Bids U.S. Study Marijuana's Use and Effects". New York Times: 62. September 7, 1969. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/09/07/89369343.html?pageNumber=62. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ↑ Zielinski, Graeme (September 15, 2001). Public Health Researcher Richard Prindle Dies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/09/15/public-health-researcher-richard-prindle-dies/cdb8089c-d960-49c6-af77-23de6552e4cf/?utm_term=.f0e6ffb50702. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Washington: For the Record – December 18, 1969". New York Times: 7. December 19, 1969. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/12/19/88872725.html?pageNumber=7. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (1969-1973)". SurgeonGeneral.gov. January 4, 2007. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ↑ U.S. GAO - Need for More Effective Management of Community Mental Health Centers Program
- ↑ "HHS Secretaries - National Institutes of Health (NIH)". Nih.gov. Archived from the original on September 24, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ↑ "David Satcher (1998–2002)". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. January 4, 2007. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
- ↑ Obama picks Regina Benjamin as surgeon general. Reuters. July 13, 2009. https://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE56C3HI20090713.
- ↑ Stobbe, Mike (December 3, 2009). "Surgeon general: More minority doctors needed". WTOP. http://www.wtop.com/?nid=106&sid=1829595. Retrieved December 5, 2009.