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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 · 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.
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 at...
America's Family Doctor (C. Everett Koop) Dr. Koop stepped down as Surgeon General in 1989, and returned to Dartmouth, his alma mater, where he continued his lifelong mission to educate the public on health issues in his role as Senior Scholar of the Koop Institute.
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Dec 8, 2022 · Koop, likely primed by the earlier Baby A and B controversy, and now Surgeon General agreed. While not directly involved in the case, he had performed almost 500 surgical atresia repair operations with nearly 100% success. Koop became a public advocate for saving the youngest and weakest patients.
Feb 25, 2013 · C. Everett Koop, known as America's Family Doctor during his tenure as surgeon general from 1981 to 1989, died today at his home in Hanover, N.H., Dartmouth announced. He was 96.
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. He...
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 Hampshire...
Feb 25, 2013 · Charles Everett Koop — “Chick,” to friends and colleagues alike — enjoyed a full and distinguished career as a pediatric surgeon before donning the now-familiar dress whites of the U.S. Public Health Service.
