David Satcher

Dr. David Satcher discusses how the speeches of the US Surgeon Generals always come from the best available public health science.

Dr. Satcher was sworn in as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States in February 1998. He also served as Assistant Secretary for Health from February 1998 to January 2001, making him only the second person in history to have held both positions of Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary of Health simultaneously. As Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Satcher led the Department's effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health, an initiative that was incorporated as one of the two major goals of Healthy People 2010, the nation's health agenda for the next ten years. Here, Satcher discusses his career as Surgeon General and the behind-the-scenes politics of the organization.

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