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Feb 26, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation’s doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the best known and most influential person to carry that title.
Koop was a pioneer in the field of pediatric surgery, and his contributions include advances in complex surgical procedures, establishment of the nation’s first newborn surgical intensive care unit, and the implementation of a surgical fellowship training program at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania. Dr.
Mar 1, 2013 · Former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD, who died at the age of 96 years, transformed his office into a powerful platform for educating the public and reshaping the national dialogue on major public health challenges, from tobacco use to HIV/AIDS.
C. Everett Koop's two terms as U.S. Surgeon General coincided with the rise of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, an epidemic that, scientists and health officials predicted, would turn into the greatest public health catastrophe of the twentieth century.
Feb 25, 2013 · Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died on Monday, February 25. He was 96. Koop served as surgeon general from 1982 to 1989, under President Ronald Reagan and shortly for President...
Feb 26, 2013 · C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general of the United States who started the government’s public discussion of AIDS during the Reagan administration, died Feb. 25 at his home in Hanover, N.H.
Feb 25, 2013 · C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New...
