Kenneth P. Moritsugu

Kenneth P. Moritsugu
Acting Surgeon General of the United States
In office 13 February 2002 - 4 August 2002 – 1 August 2006 - 30 September 2007
Personal details
Born	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Kenneth P. Moritsugu is an American physician and public health administrator.

Rear Admiral USPHS, retired in September 2007 as acting United States Surgeon General. A third-generation Japanese-American, he was appointed the Deputy Surgeon General on October 1, 1998 and named acting Surgeon General on July 31, 2006.

RADM Moritsugu received his bachelor's degree in 1967 from the University of Hawaii, his M.D. from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 1971, and a Master's Degree in Public Health (Health Administration and Planning ) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975.

References

• Ansho Mas Uchima; Minoru Shinmoto (20 January 2007). "Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu". Hokubei Mainichi. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927065011/http://www.hokubeinews.com/articles/article/4256177/68900.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 
• Office of Public Health and Science (23 April 2004). "RADM Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Surgeon General". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/moritsugu.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-17.