Surgeon General of the United States

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federal executive position public health office

The Surgeon General of the United States is the federal government’s chief public health spokesperson and leader of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive position ⓘ public health office ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
associatedWith	Office of the Surgeon General ⓘ Public Health Service ⓘ surface form: United States Public Health Service
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	United States Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
focusArea	behavioral and mental health ⓘ disease prevention ⓘ health promotion ⓘ public health preparedness ⓘ substance use and addiction ⓘ tobacco control ⓘ
formationYear	1871 ⓘ
hasDeputy	Deputy Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ
headOf	U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
issues	Surgeon General’s advisories ⓘ Surgeon General’s reports ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal public health ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Public Health Service Act ⓘ
memberOf	U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
originalTitle	Supervising Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
partOf	Public Health Service ⓘ surface form: United States Public Health Service United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
rank	vice admiral ⓘ
renamedAs	Surgeon General of the United States self-link ⓘ
reportsTo	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health ⓘ surface form: Assistant Secretary for Health United States Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ surface form: Secretary of Health and Human Services
requiresQualification	medical degree or equivalent health professional qualification ⓘ
responsibility	advising the federal government on public health matters ⓘ issuing Surgeon General’s reports on public health topics ⓘ leading public health campaigns ⓘ overseeing the readiness of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps ⓘ providing Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health ⓘ
role	chief public health spokesperson of the U.S. federal government ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
serviceBranch	U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ⓘ surface form: U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
style	Doctor ⓘ Vice Admiral ⓘ
symbol	Seal of the United States Public Health Service ⓘ
termLength	4 years ⓘ
typeOfPosition	non–Cabinet-level position ⓘ
website	https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States → advises → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Office of the Surgeon General → advises → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → authorRole → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States → convenedBy → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers → headedBy → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

C. Everett Koop → positionHeld → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry → positionHeld → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

subject surface form: Luther L. Terry

Luther L. Terry → positionHeld → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Seal of the United States Public Health Service → relatedTo → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Surgeon General of the United States → renamedAs → Surgeon General of the United States self-link ⓘ

Deputy Surgeon General of the United States → reportsTo → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Office of the Surgeon General → reportsTo → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Elizabeth Flanagan → spouseOccupation → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Office of the Surgeon General → supportsOffice → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Seal of the United States Public Health Service → usedBy → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ

Deputy Surgeon General of the United States → worksWith → Surgeon General of the United States ⓘ