Surgeon General of the United States Army

The Surgeon General of the United States Army is the senior-most officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD). By policy, the Surgeon General (TSG) serves as Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) as well as head of the AMEDD. The surgeon general's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG) and are located in Falls Church, Virginia.

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Surgeon General of the
United States Army

TSG

The Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States

The President
with United States Senate's
advice and consent

4 years

10 U.S.C. § 3036

March 13, 1813 (1813-03-13)

Benjamin Church, Jr.

Deputy Surgeon General of the Army

Army.mil/ArmyMedicine

Since 1959, TSG has been appointed in the grade of lieutenant general. By law, TSG may be appointed from any of the six officer branches of the AMEDD. However, prior to the 43rd Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho — an Army Nurse Corps officer — all appointed and confirmed surgeons general have been Medical Corps officers — military physicians. The incumbent Surgeon General is Lieutenant General Mary K. Izaguirre.

Duties[edit]

As a commanding general, TSG provides advice and assistance to the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) and to the Secretary of the Army (SECARMY) on all health care matters pertaining to the U.S. Army and its military health care system. The incumbent is responsible for development, policy direction, organization and overall management of an integrated Army-wide health service system and is the medical materiel developer for the Army. These duties include formulating policy regulations on health service support, health hazard assessment and the establishment of health standards. TSG is assisted by the Deputy Surgeon General.

Note: The at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, has a display on the Army Surgeons General, including images of each one, except for Richard Allison.

AMEDD Museum

(MILVAX)

Military Vaccine Agency

Borden Institute

(USAMITC)

U.S. Army Medical Information Technology Center

(AHRPO)

Army Human Research Protections Office

Pharmacovigilance Center

now the National Library of Medicine

Library of the Surgeon General's Office

Medical Corps (United States Army)

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Heitman, Francis B. (1903). . Vol. 1. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008097027. LCCN 03023852. OCLC 558132723.

Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army: from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903

Heitman, Francis B. (1903). . Vol. 2. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/mdp.39015008097035. OCLC 1062849539.

Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army: from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903

Heitman, Francis B. (1903), Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903; Washington, DC: Government Printing Office; 2 vol. (Vol. 1, pp 41–42 details the Medical Department.)

Official website

OTSG Portal

Surgeon General Consultant Program

The Surgeons General of the U.S. Army and Their Predecessors at the Office of Medical History, OTSG Website

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Surgeon General of the United States Army

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