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University of Pennsylvania ( DSc) 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.
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...
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 ...
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.
Feb 26, 2013 · On Monday afternoon, Dr. Charles Everett Koop, the former surgeon general who delivered straightforward talks on AIDS and smoking, passed away in his home in Hanover, N.H. He was 96 years old.
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 25, 2013 · Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop died Monday. He was 96. As surgeon general, Koop turned an office with little power into a mighty platform to educate Americans about AIDS prevention...
Feb 25, 2013 · C. Everett Koop, MD, the former US Surgeon General who attacked tobacco use and personally educated the nation on HIV/AIDS during the first decade of the outbreak, died today at his home....
Dec 8, 2022 · We don’t have many such heroes anymore, but once we had: Charles Everett Koop, 13 th Surgeon General of the United States from 1982 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan. Even supporters of President Reagan will concede his leadership failed and floundered in some public health areas, AIDS and embryo research, to name two.
