“President Joe Biden has appointed Susan Orsega to serve as acting surgeon general, according to a posting on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website.”
“Orsega, who has served as the director of commissioned corps headquarters at the Office of the Surgeon General since March 2019, will be among a handful of nurses appointed to fill the role of surgeon general…”
WHY IT MATTERS
“The surgeon general, which HHS refers to as “the Nation’s Doctor,” provides members of the public health information and oversees the more than 6,000 uniformed public health professionals in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.”
“As a nurse practitioner and AANP fellow, Orsega worked at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health before being named chief nurse officer of the USPHS in 2016.”
“She has extensive public health emergency and disaster care experience, having served on 15 national and international disaster U.S. government missions. She was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2016.”
“Orsega will serve as surgeon general pending the Senate confirmation of Dr. Vivek H. Murthy…” Read the full article here.
Source: Biden appoints Rear Admiral Susan Orsega as acting surgeon general – By Kat Jercich, January 27, 2021. Healthcare IT News.
