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Charles Everett Koop (October 14, 1916 – February 25, 2013) [1] [2] was an American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator who served as the 13th surgeon general of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989.
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Biographical Overview. After a 35-year career as an internationally acclaimed pediatric surgeon, during the 1980s C. Everett Koop turned a federal office with a minimal budget and staff, the office of the U.S. Surgeon General, into the most authoritative platform from which to educate the nation on matters of health promotion, disease ...
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. On June 10, 2007, Koop, along with 2 other US Surgeons General—David Satcher, MD, PhD ...
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Dr. 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.
Feb 26, 2013 · Dr. C. Everett Koop, who was widely regarded as the most influential surgeon general in American history and played a crucial role in changing public attitudes about smoking, died on Monday...
Brief Chronology. 1916 --Born in Brooklyn, New York (October 14) 1937 --Received BS degree in zoology from Dartmouth College. 1938 --Married Elizabeth "Betty" Flanagan (d. 2007); they eventually have four children. 1941 --Received MD degree from Cornell Medical College. 1941-42 --Medical internship at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.
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