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 | March 5,1945 Honolulu,Hawaii,U.S. |
| Education | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BS) George Washington University (MD) University of California,Berkeley (MPH) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  U.S. Public Health Service |
| Service years | 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 U.S. Surgeon General.
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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]
