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    Regina Benjamin

    18th Surgeon General of the United States

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  1. Regina Marcia Benjamin (born October 26, 1956) is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who served as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States.

  2. October 26, 1956 - By Arbora Johnson. Dr. Regina Benjamin is a family physician who served as the 18th US Surgeon General during the Obama Administration, and was the youngest person and first African American admitted to the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees.

  3. May 3, 2024 · Regina Benjamin (born October 26, 1956, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.) is an American physician who served as the 18th surgeon general of the United States (2009–13). Prior to her government appointment, she had spent most of her medical career serving poor families in a shrimping village on the Gulf Coast of Alabama.

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  5. Biography. 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 ...

  6. Learn about the life and achievements of Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, who served as America's Doctor from 2009 to 2013. She founded a rural health clinic in Alabama, led the National Prevention Council, and received many honors and awards.

  7. r. 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 ...

  8. Feb 23, 2011 · February 23, 2011 at 9:48 AM ET by Dr. Regina Benjamin. Summary: Continuing the Celebrating Black History Month series, U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin talks about the role of the Surgeon General in promoting preventive medicine, and the growing need for more diversity in the medical profession. Ed.

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