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Regina Benjamin is an American physician and public health official. In the Obama administration, Benjamin served as the Surgeon General of the United States from 2009 to 2013, and as Chair of the National Prevention Council, which was created by the ...
Apr 23, 2013 · NIH Health Disparities Seminar Series <br><br> Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. As America’s Doctor, she provides the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation. Dr. Benjamin also oversees the operational command of 6,500 uniformed public health officers who serve in locations ...
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May 22, 2020 · DALLAS, May 22, 2020 — Regina Benjamin, M.D., MBA, 18 th U.S. surgeon general and member of the American Heart Association’s National Board of Directors joins the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Coronavirus Pandemic Task Force providing expertise on the coronavirus and it’s disproportionate effect on African American communities.
By Russ Willcutt. Growing up in Daphne, Alabama, Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., never thought about becoming a physician. “I’d never seen a black doctor before,” she says, “so I didn’t realize that was something I could do.”. The revelation came during Benjamin’s undergraduate years at Xavier University in New Orleans, when she joined ...
Regina Benjamin served as the 18th U.S. surgeon general from 2009 to 2013, appointed by President Barack Obama. Prior to her tenure as the nation's physician, she practiced as a country doctor in rural Alabama. As founder and CEO of the rural BayouClinic in Bayou La Batre, Dr. Regina Benjamin is making a difference to the underserved poor in a ...
Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA is the Founder and CEO of BayouClinic, and was the 18th United States Surgeon General (2009-2013). As America’s Doctor, she provided the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation. Dr.
Nov 2, 2022 · About Dr. Regina Benjamin. Dr. Regina Benjamin served as the 18th United States Surgeon General under former President Barack Obama from 2009-2013 and as chair of the National Prevention Council, which is 17 cabinet-level federal agencies that create the road map for the nation’s health through the development of the National Prevention Strategy.
