Surgeon General of the United States

The Surgeon General of the United States is in charge of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC). They are the main spokesperson about things dealing with public health in the federal government. The Surgeon General's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG).

Selection and current office-holder 
The Surgeon General is chosen by the U.S. President and confirmed by the Senate. The Surgeon General serves for a four-year period of time. The Surgeon General is either the highest ranking or second highest ranking uniformed officer of the PHSCC. This depends on if the current Assistant Secretary for Health is a PHSCC commissioned officer or not. The position has the grade of a three-star vice admiral .Public Health, Commissioned Corps Uniforms and Ranks .

 List of surgeons general of the United States 
  Portrait Name Term of office Appointed by  Took office Left office Time in office 1 75px John M. Woodworth March 29, 1871 March 14, 1879  Ulysses S. Grant 2 101x101px CommodoreJohn B. Hamilton April 3, 1879 June 1, 1891  Rutherford B. Hayes 3 75px CommodoreWalter Wyman June 1, 1891 November 21, 1911  Benjamin Harrison 4 75px CommodoreRupert Blue January 13, 1912 March 3, 1920  William Howard Taft 5 75px Rear AdmiralHugh S. Cumming March 3, 1920 January 31, 1936  Woodrow Wilson 6 75px Rear AdmiralThomas Parran Jr. April 6, 1936 April 6, 1948  Franklin D. Roosevelt 7 97x97px Rear AdmiralLeonard A. Scheele April 6, 1948 August 8, 1956  Harry S. Truman 8 75px Rear AdmiralLeroy E. Burney(1906–1998) August 8, 1956 January 29, 1961  Dwight D. Eisenhower 9 75px Luther Terry March 2, 1961 October 1, 1965  John F. Kennedy 10 75px William H. Stewart October 1, 1965 August 1, 1969  Lyndon B. Johnson – Rear AdmiralRichard A. Prindle August 1, 1969 December 18, 1969  Richard Nixon  11 75px Jesse L. Steinfeld December 18, 1969 January 30, 1973   – 96x96px Rear AdmiralS. Paul Ehrlich Jr. January 31, 1973 July 13, 1977   12 75px Vice AdmiralJulius B. Richmond July 13, 1977 January 20, 1981  Jimmy Carter  – frameless|75px Rear AdmiralJohn C. Greene January 21, 1981 May 14, 1981  Ronald Reagan – Edward Brandt Jr. May 14, 1981 January 21, 1982  13 75px Vice AdmiralC. Everett Koop January 21, 1982 October 1, 1989  – 75px AdmiralJames O. Mason October 1, 1989 March 9, 1990  George H. W. Bush 14 75px Vice AdmiralAntonia Novello March 9, 1990 June 30, 1993  – 75px Rear AdmiralRobert A. Whitney July 1, 1993 September 8, 1993  Bill Clinton 15 75px Vice AdmiralJoycelyn Elders September 8, 1993 December 31, 1994  – 75px Rear AdmiralAudrey F. Manley January 1, 1995 July 1, 1997  – 75px Rear AdmiralJ. Jarrett Clinton July 2, 1997 February 12, 1998  16 75px AdmiralDavid Satcher February 13, 1998 February 12, 2002   – 75px Rear AdmiralKenneth P. Moritsugu February 13, 2002 August 4, 2002  George W. Bush 17 75px Vice AdmiralRichard Carmona August 5, 2002 July 31, 2006   – 75px Rear AdmiralKenneth P. Moritsugu August 1, 2006 September 30, 2007   – 75px Rear AdmiralSteven K. Galson October 1, 2007 October 1, 2009   – 75px Rear AdmiralDonald L. Weaver October 1, 2009 November 3, 2009  Barack Obama  18 75px Vice AdmiralRegina Benjamin November 3, 2009 July 16, 2013   – 75px Rear AdmiralBoris Lushniak July 17, 2013 December 18, 2014   19 75px Vice AdmiralVivek Murthy April 22, 2015 April 21, 2017   – 75px Rear AdmiralSylvia Trent-Adams April 21, 2017 September 5, 2017  Donald Trump  20 75px Vice AdmiralJerome Adams September 5, 2017 January 20, 2021   – 75px Rear AdmiralSusan Orsega January 20, 2021 March 24, 2021 62 days Joe Biden 21 75px Vice AdmiralVivek Murthy March 25, 2021 January 20, 2025   – 75px Rear AdmiralDenise Hinton January 20, 2025 Incumbent  Donald Trump Nominee 75px Casey Means TBD Awaiting confirmation  

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