Surgeon General of the United States Army

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The Surgeon General of the United States Army is a senior officer of the US Army Medical Department (AMEDD). As per policy, the Surgeon General (TSG) serves as Commander General, US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) as well as AMEDD head. The office and staff of general surgeons are known as the Surgeon General Office ( OTSG ) and are located in Falls Church, Virginia.

Since 1959, TSG has been appointed in the lieutenant-general class. By law, TSG can be appointed from one of the six branches of the AMEDD officer. However, before the 43rd Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Patricia Horoho, (a Nurse Corps officer), all the designated and confirmed general surgeons have been Medical Corps officers (military doctors). His predecessor, Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Nadja West, was a military doctor.

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Task

As general commander, TSG provides advice and assistance to the Chief of Staff, Army (CSA) and to the Secretary of the Army (SECARMY) on all health care issues related to the US Army and its military health care system. He is responsible for the development, policy direction, organization and overall management of the extensive integrated Army healthcare system and is the development of medical equipment for the Army. These tasks include formulating policy rules on health care support, health hazard assessment and setting health standards. TSG is assisted by the Deputy General Surgeon.

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History

Congress established the Continental Army Medical Service on 27 July 1775 and placed the "Chief doctor & general director" of the Continental Army as his head at the time. The first five US Army's first general surgeon is under this title. A May 28, 1789 Act established the "General Doctors" of the US Army (only Doctors Richard Allison and James Craik served according to this nomenclature). A March 3, 1813 Act quotes the US Army's "General Doctors & Surgeons". This nomenclature remained in force until the Medical Department was established by the Reorganization Act on April 14, 1818. (Doctors assigned to the US Army were not given military rank until 1847.)

General Surgeon of the U.S. Army and their precursors

• Note: The AMEDD Museum at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas has displays at Army General Surgery including pictures of all but Dr. Richard Allison.

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Agencies, centers, offices, and programs in OTSG

• Military Vaccine Agency (MILVAX)
• The Borden Institute
• US. Army Medical Information Technology Center (USAMITC)
• Office of the Human Army Research Protection (AHRPO)
• Pharmacovigilance Center

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See also

• The Surgeon General Office Library, now National Library of Medicine
• Medical Corps (United States Army)
• United States General Surgeon
• United States Navy Surgeon General
• United States Air Force Surgeon General

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References and notes

• Heitman, Francis B. (1903), List of History and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Organization, 29 September 1789, to 2 March 1903 ; Washington, DC: Government Printing Office; 2 vols (Vol 1, pp. 41-42 details of Medical Department.)

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External links

• OTSG Portal
• General Surgery Consultant Program
• Army General Surgeons and Their Predecessors in the Medical History Office, OTSG Website
• Works by or about the Surgeon General of the United States Army on the Internet Archive
• Works by Surgeon General of the United States Army on LibriVox (public domain audiobook)

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