Kenneth P. Moritsugu

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Kenneth Moritsugu, in the uniform of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Kenneth Moritsugu, in the uniform of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu USPHS, 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.

RADM Moritsugu received his bachelor's degree in 1967 from the University of Hawaii, his M.D. from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 1971, and a Master's Degree in Public Health (Health Administration and Planning ) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975.

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Preceded by
Richard Carmona
Surgeon General of the United States
(Acting)

August 1, 2006September 30, 2007
Succeeded by
Incumbent