Surgeon General of the United States Army

Stander of the Surgeon General of the United States Army

Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle

The Surgeon General of the Army (TSG) is the senior physician in the United States Army . At the same time he is the commander of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD), and until October 1, 2019, he was Commanding General of the US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM). He is based in Fort Sam Houston . The Surgeon General of the Army can be compared to the Chief Medical Officer in the Bundeswehr.

The current surgeon general is Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle , an officer in the Medical Service Corps.

AMEDD departments

The AMEDD, headed by the Surgeon General of the Army, comprises different departments, which mainly deal with the medical and psychological care of the troops. The areas subordinate to him include that

Medical Corps (MC)
Nurse Corps (AN)
Dental Corps (DC)
Veterinary Corps (VC)
Medical Service Corps (MS)
Medical Specialist Corps (SP)

history

The office of "Chief physician & director general" already existed in the Continental Army from 1775 . The designation Surgeon General of the Army has been found since 1813. From 1847, military ranks were assigned to the Surgeon General of the Army . At the beginning this was the rank of Brigadier General , since the 1950s this has been Lieutenant General .

AMEDD commanders and Surgeons General of the Army

Working hours from July 7, 1775 - including vacancies
No.	Surname	period of service	Military. rank
1	Benjamin Church	July 27, 1775 - October 16, 1775	none
2	John Morgan	October 16, 1775 - January 1777	none
3	William Shippen, Jr.	April 11, 1777 - January 17, 1781	none
4th	John Cochran	January 17, 1781–1783	none
		1783-1792
5	Richard Allison	1792-1796	none
		1796 - August 1, 1798
6th	James Craik	August 1, 1798 - June 15, 1800	none
		June 15, 1800 - June 11, 1813
7th	James Tilton	June 11, 1813 - June 15, 1815	none
		June 15, 1815 - April 18, 1818
8th	Joseph Lovell	April 18, 1818 - October 17, 1836	none
9	Thomas Lawson	October 17, 1836 - May 15, 1861	Brevet Brigadier General
10	Clement Finley	May 15, 1861 - April 28, 1862	Brigadier General
11	William A. Hammond	April 28, 1862 - August 18, 1864	Brigadier General
12	Joseph Barnes	August 18, 1864 - June 30, 1882	Brigadier General
		June 30, 1882 - July 3, 1882
13	Charles H. Crane	July 3, 1882 - October 10, 1883	Brigadier General
14th	Robert Murray	October 10, 1883 - August 6, 1886	Brigadier General
		August 6, 1886 - November 18, 1886
15th	John Moore	November 18, 1886 - August 16, 1890	Brigadier General
16	Jedediah Hyde Baxter	August 16, 1890 - December 4, 1890	Brigadier General
		December 4, 1890 - December 23, 1890
17th	Charles Sutherland	December 23, 1890 - May 30, 1893	Brigadier General
18th	George Miller Sternberg	May 30, 1893 - June 8, 1902	Brigadier General
19th	William H. Forwood	June 8, 1902 - September 7, 1902	Brigadier General
20th	Robert Maitland O'Reilly	September 7, 1902 - January 14, 1909	Brigadier General
21st	George H. Torney	January 14, 1909 - December 27, 1913	Brigadier General
22nd	William C. Gorgas	January 1914-1918	Major General
23	Merritte W. Ireland	October 4, 1918 - May 31, 1931	Major General
24	Robert U. Patterson	1931-1935	Major General
25th	Charles R. Reynolds	1935-1939	Major General
26th	James C. Magee	June 1, 1939 - May 31, 1943	Major General
27	Norman T. Kirk	1943-1947	Major General
28	Raymond W. Bliss	1947-1951	Major General
29	George E. Armstrong	1951-1955	Major General
30th	Silas B. Hays	1955 - June 1959	Major General
31	Leonard D. Heaton	June 1959–1969	Lieutenant General
32	Hal B. Jennings	1969 - October 1973	Lieutenant General
33	Richard R. Taylor	October 1973–1977	Lieutenant General
34	Charles C. Pixley	1977-1981	Lieutenant General
35	Bernhard T. Mittemeyer	1981-1985	Lieutenant General
36	Quinn H. Becker	1985-1988	Lieutenant General
37	Frank F. Ledford Jr.	1988-1992	Lieutenant General
38	Alcide M. Lanoue	1992 - October 1996	Lieutenant General
39	Ronald R. Blanck	October 1996 - September 22, 2000	Lieutenant General
40	James Peake	September 22, 2000 - July 8, 2004	Lieutenant General
		July 8, 2004 - September 30, 2004
41	Kevin C. Kiley	September 30, 2004 - March 12, 2007	Lieutenant General (retired as Major General )
		March 12, 2007 - December 11, 2007
42	Eric Schoomaker	December 11, 2007 - December 5, 2011	Lieutenant General
43	Patricia Horoho	December 5, 2011 - December 3, 2015	Lieutenant General
		December 3, 2015 - December 11, 2015
44	Nadja West	December 11, 2015 - July 19, 2019	Lieutenant General
		July 19, 2019 - October 17, 2019
45	R. Scott Dingle	October 17, 2019 - today	Lieutenant General