Boris Lushniak

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Boris Lushniak
Surgeon General of the United States Acting
In office July 17, 2013 – December 15, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Regina Benjamin
Succeeded by	Vivek Murthy
Personal details
Born	Chicago, U.S.
Alma mater	Northwestern University Harvard University
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	U.S. Public Health Service
Years of service	1988–2015
Rank	Rear Admiral
Unit	USPHS Commissioned Corps

Boris Lushniak is a retired United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral who served as the acting Surgeon General of the United States, from July 17, 2013 to December 18, 2014. He previously served as the Deputy Surgeon General from 2010 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2015 when Vivek Murthy assumed office as Surgeon General. He retired from the Public Health Service on December 8, 2015 after over 27 years of service. On October 4, 2016 he was appointed dean of the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health, effective January 9, 2017.^[1]