The Surgeon General reports to the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), who may be a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service, Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), and who serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on public health and scientific issues.
Duties of the US Surgeon General (click here)
Immediate Office of the Surgeon General
Division of Science and Communications
Division of Commissioned Corps Personnel & Readiness
Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps
Division of Systems Integration
Duties of the US Surgeon General (click here)
Immediate Office of the Surgeon General
Chief of Staff Captain Robert DeMartino
The office provides advice and support to the Surgeon General on issues relating to public health and represents the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Health on topics addressing public health practice. In addition, the Immediate Office of the Surgeon General supervises Public Health Service Commissioned Corps activities and advises the Assistant Secretary of Health on policies required for efficient management of the Commissioned Corps and on matters pertaining to military and veterans affairs.
Division of Science and Communications
Division of Commissioned Corps Personnel & Readiness
Division of the Civilian Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps
Division of Systems Integration
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As with its parent division, the PHS (US Public Health Service), the PHSCC (US Public Health Commission Corp) is under the direction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The PHSCC is led by the Surgeon General who holds grade of vice admiral. The Surgeon General reports directly to the Assistant Secretary for Health who may hold the rank of admiral if he or she is a serving member of the PHSCC.
It is difficult to run a war without a general.
This is not a joke. I am not laughing or hurling political snobbish remarks. This is serious and the USA doesn't have anyone in the Cabinet Office of US Surgeon General and it shows.
As with its parent division, the PHS (US Public Health Service), the PHSCC (US Public Health Commission Corp) is under the direction of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The PHSCC is led by the Surgeon General who holds grade of vice admiral. The Surgeon General reports directly to the Assistant Secretary for Health who may hold the rank of admiral if he or she is a serving member of the PHSCC.
It is difficult to run a war without a general.
This is not a joke. I am not laughing or hurling political snobbish remarks. This is serious and the USA doesn't have anyone in the Cabinet Office of US Surgeon General and it shows.
