The Surgeon General of United States is the chief operating officer of the US Public Health Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading public health spokesperson in the United States federal government. The office and staff of the Surgeon General are known as the Surgeon General Office ( OSG ).
The General Surgeon General was nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. General Surgeons should be appointed from individuals who (1) are members of the Regular Corps of the US Public Health Service, and (2) have specific training or significant experience in public health programs. Surgeon General serves a four-year term and, depending on whether the current Assistant Secretary of Health is the assigned District Health official, whether senior or senior senior officer of the assigned corps, holds the rank of an admiral. The current surgeon is Jerome Adams, who took office on September 5, 2017.
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Responsibility
Surgeon General reports to the Assistant Secretary of Health (ASH), who may be a four-star admiral in the assigned corps, and who serves as a key adviser to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public health and scientific issues. The Surgeon General is the overall head of the Commissioned Corps, a cadre of 6,500 members consisting of uniformed health professionals being called 24 hours a day, and can be sent by the HHS Secretary or Assistant Secretary for Health in the event of a public health emergency.
The Surgeon General is also the highest award authority for several public health awards and decorations, the highest that can be awarded directly is the Surgeon General Medal (the highest award given by the council action is the Medal of Public Service Health Service). Surgeon General also has many informal tasks, such as educating the American public on health issues and advocating healthy lifestyle choices.
The office also periodically issues health warnings. Perhaps the most famous example of this is the Surgeon General warning label that has been present on all American tobacco tobacco packages since 1966. Similar health warnings have appeared on alcoholic beverage labels since 1988.
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History
In 1798, Congress established the Marine Hospital Fund, a network of hospitals that care for sick and disabled sailors. The Marines Hospital Fund was reorganized along military lines in 1870 and became a Sea Hospital Service - a precursor to the current United States Public Health Service. This service is a separate Bureau of the Treasury with its own staff, administration, headquarters in Washington, D.C, and Surgical Supervisor position (then Surgeon) ).
After 141 years under the Ministry of Finance, the Service came under the Federal Security Agency in 1939, then the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) in 1953, and finally the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Some General Surgeons are well-known for their vocals and/or advocating controversial proposals on how to reform the US health system. This office is not a very powerful office, and has little direct impact on policy making, but the Surgeon General has often been a vocal supporter of setting-up, farsighted, unconventional, or even unpopular health policies.
- On January 11, 1964, Rear Admiral Luther Terry, M.D., published an important report that said smoking could be harmful to health, triggering a national anti-smoking effort. Terry and his committee define smoking in nicotine as not addictive. The committee itself consists mostly of doctors who smoke themselves. This report was not corrected for 24 years.
- In 1986, Vice Admiral Dr. C. Everett Koop reports on AIDS calling for some form of AIDS education in the early grades of primary school, and provides full support for condom use for disease prevention. He also rejected pressure from the Reagan administration to report that psychological abortion was harmful to women, claiming he believed it was a moral issue rather than one concerning public health.
- In 1994, Vice Admiral Dr. Joycelyn Elders has spoken at the UN conference on AIDS. He was asked if it was appropriate to promote masturbation as a way to prevent young people from engaging in riskier sexual activities, and he replied, "I think it is part of human sexuality, and maybe it should be taught." Elders have also spoken in favor of learning the legalization of drugs. In reference to the problem of national abortion, she said, "We really have to forget about this love affair with the fetus and start worrying about the children." He was dismissed by President Bill Clinton in December 1994
The US Army, Navy, and Air Force also have officers overseeing medical issues in their respective services who hold the title of General Surgeon.
The emblem of the Surgeon General, and USPHS, uses caduceus as opposed to Rod of Asclepius.
Service ratings
The Surgeon General is an officer assigned to the US Public Health Service Corps, one of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and by the law of the vice-chairman of the admiral. The Public Service Corps officers are assigned to be classified as non-combatants, but may be subject to the Military Justice Uniform Code (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions when appointed by the Commander as military forces or if they are detailed or assigned to work with the armed forces. This service member officer wears a uniform similar to that used by the United States Navy, except that the commissioning device, buttons and badges are unique. Officer at the U.S. Public Health Service using a unique device similar to the US Navy, Staff of the Corps Officer (eg, Marine Corps of Medical Services, Supply Corps, etc.).
The only Surgeon General who actually holds the rank of four-star admiral is David Satcher (born 1941, served 1998-2002). This is because he serves simultaneously in the position of Surgeon General (three stars) and Assistant Secretary of Health (which is a four-star office). John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879, served 1871-1879), the first holder of the office as "Surgeon Supervisor", was the only Surgeon General who did not hold the rank.
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See also
- Chief Medical Officer (Ireland)
- Chief Medical Officer (United Kingdom)
- Chief Canadian Public Health Officer
- Health Medical Officer
- General Surgeon
- United States Air Force Surgeon General
- United States Army Surgeon General
- United States Navy Surgeon General
References
External links
- The official website of the US Surgeon General
- Previous General Surgeon
- Surgeon General Report from "Profiles in Science" National Library of Medicine
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