Surgeon General of the United States
The United States Surgeon General (German Medical Inspectorate of the United States ) is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service and is considered the person on all matters of public health service in relation to the Government of the United States takes a position. He is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a four-year term of office . The Surgeon General reports to the United States Assistant Secretary for Health (in Germany roughly comparable to a State Secretary in the Ministry of Health).
He heads the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , to which approximately 6,000 people belong and which is a sub-unit of the United States Public Health Services. Members of this corps are constantly on call and can be deployed by the Minister of Health or his representative in the event of an emergency in the field of health.
The Surgeon General is also responsible for awarding orders and decorations for service to the public health service. He is also responsible for educating the population about diseases and healthy lifestyles. B. also warnings for cigarette packets - z. B. "Surgeon General's Warning: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Emphysema, And May Complicate Pregnancy" - or alcoholic beverages published.
There is also a surgeon general for each area of the armed forces. The medical service of the American military is structured on a decentralized basis and each branch of the armed forces has its own medical service. This form of organization corresponds to that of the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr until 2000. The surgeon general corresponded to the general physicians in the army and air force as well as the admiral physician in the navy .
In both badges into the United States very common mistake to find: The bar shown is not the become a sign of the medical profession caduceus , but the Caduceus (Latin caduceus.), The distinctive mark of the heralds .
Surgeons General of the United States
| Rank and name | image | Term of office | Appointed by |
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| John Maynard Woodworth |
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March 29, 1871-14. March 1879 | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Vice Admiral John B. Hamilton |
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April 3, 1879–1. June 1891 | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Vice Admiral Walter Wyman |
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June 1, 1891-21. November 1911 | Benjamin Harrison |
| Vice Admiral Rupert Blue |
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January 13, 1912–3. March 1920 | William Howard Taft |
| Vice Admiral Hugh S. Cumming |
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March 3, 1920–31. January 1936 | Warren G. Harding , Calvin Coolidge |
| Vice Admiral Thomas Parran Jr. |
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April 6, 1936-6. April 1948 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Vice Admiral Leonard A. Scheele |
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April 6, 1948-8. August 1956 | Harry S. Truman |
| Vice Admiral Leroy Edgar Burney |
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August 1, 1956-29. January 1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Vice Admiral Luther Leonidas Terry |
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March 2, 1961–1. October 1965 | John F. Kennedy |
| Vice Admiral William H. Stewart |
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October 1, 1965–1. August 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Vice Admiral Jesse Leonard Steinfeld |
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December 18, 1969-30. June 1973 | Richard Nixon |
| Rear Admiral ( Rear Admiral ) Paul Ehrlich Jr. (executive) | July 1, 1973–13. July 1977 | ||
| Vice Admiral Julius B. Richmond |
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July 13, 1977-14. May 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Rear Admiral Edward Brandt (executive) | May 14, 1981-21. January 1982 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Vice Admiral C. Everett Co-op |
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January 21, 1982–1. October 1989 | |
| Rear Admiral James O. Mason (executive) |
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October 1, 1989-9. March 1990 | George Bush |
| Vice Admiral Antonia Novello |
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March 9, 1990-30. June 1993 | |
| Rear Admiral Robert A. Whitney (executive) |
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July 1, 1993-8. September 1993 | Bill Clinton |
| Vice Admiral Joycelyn Elders |
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September 8, 1993-31. December 1994 | |
| Rear Admiral Audrey F. Manley (executive) |
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January 1, 1995–1. July 1997 | |
| Admiral David Satcher |
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February 13, 1998-5. August 2002 | |
| Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu (executive) |
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February 13, 2002 - August 4, 2002 | George W. Bush |
| Vice Admiral Richard Carmona |
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August 5, 2002 - July 31, 2006 | |
| Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu (executive) |
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August 1, 2006 - September 30, 2007 | |
| Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson (executive) |
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October 1, 2007–1. October 2009 | |
| Rear Admiral Donald L. Weaver (executive) |
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October 1, 2009–10. January 2010 | Barack Obama |
| Vice Admiral Regina Benjamin |
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November 3, 2009–16. July 2013 | |
| Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak (executive) |
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July 17, 2013–18. December 2014 | |
| Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy |
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December 18, 2014–21. April 2017 | |
| Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams (executive) |
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April 21, 2017–5. September 2017 | Donald Trump |
| Vice Admiral Jerome Adams |
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September 5, 2017– |
Comparability to other armed forces
His military rank is equivalent to that of Vice Admiral in some NATO member countries.
In the Bundeswehr , the rank is comparable to the General Oberstabsarzt or Admiraloberstabsarzt . The function or position in the Bundeswehr, on the other hand, would be comparable to the inspector of the medical service .
See also
- Surgeon General of the United States Army
- Surgeon General of the United States Navy
- Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danielle Ivory, Gardiner Harris: Nurse Replaces Surgeon General After Obama Appointee Resigns . In: The New York Times . April 21, 2017, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed April 22, 2017]).