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Acting Surgeon General RADM Boris D. Lushniak on Zeroing Out Tobacco Use

Part 1 of a 3-Part Series With RADM Boris D. Lushniak

Publish date: November 5, 2014

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A year after assuming the role of Acting Surgeon General and just before delivering a plenary address at the 2014 AMSUS meeting, RADM Lushniak agreed to a wide-ranging conversation with Federal Practitioner.

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Rear Admiral (RADM) Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH, is the Acting United States Surgeon General and oversees the operations of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He served as Deputy Surgeon General from November 2010 until July 17, 2013, when he assumed the duties of Acting Surgeon General. RADM Lushniak brings 26 years of experience in the PHS to the position. He has served with the Epidemic Intelligence Service and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, both at the CDC. He also served at the FDA as the Chief Medical Officer of the Office of Counterterrorism and later the Assistant Commissioner, Counterterrorism Policy and Director of the Office of Counterterrorism and emerging Threats within the Office of the Commissioner. After Hurricane Katrina, RADM Lushniak served as the HHS representative in San Antonio, Texas.

Acting Surgeon General RADM Boris D. Lushniak on Zeroing Out Tobacco Use

Part 1 of a 3-Part Series With RADM Boris D. Lushniak

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