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David Satcher, (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator. He was a four-star admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as the 10th Assistant Secretary for Health, and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States . Biography. Early years.
- 1998–2002
- Bill Clinton
Apr 26, 2024 · David Satcher (born March 2, 1941, near Anniston, Alabama) is an American medical doctor and public health administrator who was the 16th surgeon general of the United States from 1998 to 2002. The son of a small farmer, Satcher nearly died of whooping cough at age two because his family had little access to health care.
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Mar 16, 2006 · Biography. Federal government employee, city government employee, and medical school president Dr. David Satcher was born to Wilmer and Anna Satcher on March 2, 1941, in Anniston, Alabama. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1963 and earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in cytogenetics from Case Western Reserve University in 1970.
Jun 11, 2018 · Contemporary Black Biography. David Satcher [1]1941– Physician, educator, administrator Dr. David Satcher [2] attained distinction for his leadership at the highest levels of American health care.
Sep 20, 2004 · David Satcher, the sixteenth surgeon general of the United States, spent much of his career as a physician, scholar, and administrator in Georgia. Early Life and Education. Born on March 2, 1941, in Anniston, Alabama, Satcher grew up in rural Alabama before the civil rights era.
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Founder of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI), has dedicated his career to uncovering the social determinants of health disparities. Dr. Satcher joined the Morehouse School of Medicine in 2002 with the National Center for Primary Care and in 2006 founded SHLI.
David Satcher was born in Anniston, Alabama in 1941. He matriculated at Morehouse College earning a BS, and then at Case Western Reserve University, earning his MD and PhD. In 1993, Dr. Satcher became the first African- American Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
