Steven K. Galson | |
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United States Assistant Secretary for Health Acting | |
In office January 22, 2009 – June 22, 2009 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Joxel Garcia |
Succeeded by | Howard K. Koh |
Surgeon General of the United States Acting | |
In office October 1, 2007 – October 1, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Kenneth P. Moritsugu (acting) |
Succeeded by | Donald Weaver (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 67–68)[1][2][3] Syracuse, New York, USA |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | Public Health Service |
Years of service | 1986–2009 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Steven Kenneth Galson (born 1956) is an American public health physician. He is currently a Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group and Independent Board Member at Biocryst Pharmaceuticals[4] and Elephas Biosciences.[5] Until 2021 he was Senior Vice President for Research and Development at Amgen, the California-based biopharmaceutical company.[6] He is also a Trustee[7] and Professor-at-Large at the Keck Graduate Institute for Applied Life Sciences in Claremont, California.[8] He is a retired rear admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and public health administrator who served as the acting Surgeon General of the United States from October 1, 2007 – October 1, 2009. He served concurrently as acting Assistant Secretary for Health from January 22, 2009 to June 25, 2009, and as the Deputy Director and Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration from 2001 to 2007. As the Acting Surgeon General, he was the commander of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and, while serving as the Assistant Secretary for Health, was the operational head of the Public Health Service.
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