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Name: David Satcher
Birth Date: 1941
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: physician, surgeon general

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Biography of David Satcher
764 words, approx. 3 pages
An African-American physician who grew up in the South at a time when white physicians would not treat black people, Satcher was sworn in as the 16th surgeon general of the United States and assistant secretary for health on February 13, 1998. In these...


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David Satcher Information
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David M. Satcher (b. March 2, 1941) was the 16th Surgeon General of the United States from 1998 to 2002 and the Assistant Secretary for Health from 1998 to 2001. He was the first African American male to serve as Surgeon General. if...


News and Journals
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Ebony
Introducing: Surgeon General David Satcher.
09/01/1998: 1,676 words, approx. 6 pages
Dr. Satcher's interest in medicine may have come from his experience as a two-year old with whooping cough and pneumonia. Dr. Jackson, a dedicated black doctor in his home town area of Anniston, Alabama, spent all day with the sick child, saving the boy...
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The Washington Post
Senate Confirms David Satcher as Surgeon General
02/11/1998: 676 words, approx. 2 pages
The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to confirm David Satcher as surgeon general, rejecting attempts by conservatives to link him to controversial causes and to frame the vote as a referendum on the "values and ethics" of the Clinton administration. Satcher, a 57-year-old African...
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AP Features
Frist Unveils Minority Health Bill
9/30/2006: 508 words, approx. 2 pages
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is aligning himself with Democrats in hopes of enhancing his political legacy through an effort to improve minority health care. Frist, a Tennessee Republican who is retiring this year and is considering a...
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AP News
Carmona says Bush officials muzzled him
7/11/2007: 564 words, approx. 2 pages
President Bush's most recent surgeon general accused the administration Tuesday of muzzling him for political reasons on hot-button health issues such as emergency contraception and abstinence-only education.Dr. Richard Carmona, the nation's 17th surgeon general, told lawmakers that all surgeons general have had to deal with...
 


 

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