Last updated on:
2/5/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
David Satcher, MD, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Surgeon General of the United States of America
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Key Experts
MD's and PhD's in psychology, with significant post-doctorate involvement in human sexuality issues. [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.] - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Director of the National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at the Morehouse School of Medicine, 2002-present
- Fellow, Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002-present
- United States Surgeon General, 1998-2002
- Assistant Secretary for Health, 1998-2001
- Didi Hirsch Erasing the Stigma Mental Health Leadership Award, 2000
- National Association of Mental Illness Distinguished Service Award, 2000
- Bennie Mays Trailblazer Award, 1999
- Jimmy and Roslyn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 1999
- Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 1993-1998
- New York Academy of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, 1997
- Breslow Award in Public Health, 1995
- President of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, 1982-1993
- Professor and Chairman of the Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice at Morehouse School of Medicine, 1979-1982
- Interim Dean of the Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School, 1977-1979
- Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Preventive Medicine, and American College of Physicians
- Education:
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- MD and PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 1970
- BS, Morehouse College, 1963
- Other:
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- None found
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