Kenneth Moritsugu | |
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Surgeon General of the United States | |
Acting | |
In office August 1, 2006 – September 30, 2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Richard Carmona |
Succeeded by | Steven K. Galson (acting) |
In office February 13, 2002 – August 4, 2002 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | David Satcher |
Succeeded by | Richard Carmona |
Personal details | |
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | March 5, 1945
Education | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BS) George Washington University (MD) University of California, Berkeley (MPH) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | Public Health Service |
Years of service | 1971–2007 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Kenneth P. Moritsugu (born March 5, 1945) is an American physician and public health administrator who was the first Asian American US Surgeon General.
Mortisugu was a rear admiral in the USPHSCC, who retired in September 2007 as acting United States Surgeon General. A third-generation Japanese-American, he was appointed the Deputy Surgeon General on October 1, 1998 and named acting Surgeon General on July 31, 2006. In 2005, Moritsugu was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.[1]
Moritsugu received his bachelor's degree in 1967 from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, his Doctor of Medicine from George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in 1971, and a Master of Public Health (Health Administration and Planning) from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health in 1975.
He was the first Asian-American Surgeon General of the US.
He is Hospitaller Ambassador of the Order of Saint Lazarus.[2]