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| Dr. Karen S. Guice (Acting*) || May 2, 2016 - January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1037169/departing-dod-official-reflects-on-military-health-system-improvements/|title=Departing DoD Official Reflects on Military Health System Improvements|author=Lyle, Amaani|date=December 22, 2016|website=U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=2017-08-11}}</ref> || [[Ash Carter|Ashton Carter]] || [[Barack Obama]] |
| Dr. Karen S. Guice (Acting*) || May 2, 2016 - January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1037169/departing-dod-official-reflects-on-military-health-system-improvements/|title=Departing DoD Official Reflects on Military Health System Improvements|author=Lyle, Amaani|date=December 22, 2016|website=U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=2017-08-11}}</ref> || [[Ash Carter|Ashton Carter]] || [[Barack Obama]] |
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| Dr. David J. Smith (Acting*)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/1206707/dr-david-j-smith/|title=Dr. David J. Smith|website=U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=2017-08-11}}</ref> || January 21, 2017 - |
| Dr. David J. Smith (Acting*)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/1206707/dr-david-j-smith/|title=Dr. David J. Smith|website=U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=2017-08-11}}</ref> || January 21, 2017 - August 11, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://health.mil/About-MHS/Leadership-Biographies/David-J-Smith-MD|title=David J. Smith, M.D.|website=Health.mil|accessdate=2017-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611213834/https://health.mil/About-MHS/Leadership-Biographies/David-J-Smith-MD|archive-date=2017-06-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| [[James Mattis]] || [[Donald Trump]] |
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| Honorable Thomas McCaffery<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.health.mil/About-MHS/Biographies/Mr-Thomas-McCaffery|title=Honorable Thomas McCaffery|website=U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=2020-06-27}}</ref> || August 12, 2019 - Present<ref>https://www.health.mil/About-MHS/Biographies/Mr-Thomas-McCaffery</ref>|| [[Patrick M. Shanahan]] || [[Donald Trump]] |
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Persons marked with a * are interim officials described in military documents as "Performing the Duties of the ASD/HA," rather than as "Acting" |
Persons marked with a * are interim officials described in military documents as "Performing the Duties of the ASD/HA," rather than as "Acting" |
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The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) is chartered under United States Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 5136.1 [1] in 1994. This DoDD states that the ASD(HA) is the principal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense on all "DoD health policies, programs and activities." In addition to exercising oversight of all DoD health resources, ASD(HA) serves as director of the Tricare Management Activity.
The ASD(HA) reports to the Undersecretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), or USD(P&R). A political appointee responsible for the United States Department of Defense's Military Health System [2], the ASD(HA) is an Executive Service Level IV official. He or she is nominated by the President of the United States, and confirmed by the United States Senate.
History
This position was originally established in 1949 as the Chairman, Armed Forces Medical Policy Council. Reorganization Plan No. 6 (1953) abolished the council and transferred its functions to a new position, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). In August 1953, some functions of this position were transferred to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower), and the title was changed to Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Medical).[2]
The position was abolished completely on January 31, 1961, and for the remainder of the decade, all of its functions were vested in the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower). However, Congress authorized a permanent assistant secretary position for health affairs in November 1969 (P.L. 91-121). The post was then re-established as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Environment) in June 1970 by Defense Directive 5136.1. In January 1976, the position was re-designated Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), a title that has endured to the present day.[2]
Responsibilities
The ASD(HA) is responsible for a number of organizations which directly affect the health care of service members and their dependents. These responsibilities are executed through several Senior Executive Service managers, including the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and the following Deputy Assistant Secretaries:
- Force Health Protection & Readiness (FHP&R)
- Clinical and Program Policy
- Health Budgets and Financial Policy.
Other special activities within Health Affairs' jurisdiction include the TRICARE Management Activity, an extensive network of private physicians and hospitals providing health maintenance to service members. With a $40 billion budget (as of 2005), the Military Health System (MHS) provides care for roughly 9.2 million (as of 2005) people through TRICARE and through more than 70 military hospitals worldwide.[3] MHS comprises over 133,000 military and civilian doctors, nurses, medical educators, researchers, health care providers, allied health professionals, and health administration personnel worldwide, providing our nation with an unequalled integrated healthcare delivery, expeditionary medical, educational, and research capability.
The ASD (HA) oversees the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS), which educates uniform physicians and other health professionals for the Army, Navy, Air Force and Public Health Service. The ASD(HA) also directly tasks the International Health[4] Division of FHP&R, while FHP&R provides administrative oversight and resources.
Recent leadership
George Peach Taylor, Jr., M.D., MPH, recently performed the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; and as Acting Director, TRICARE Management Activity. Dr. Taylor also currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness. In that capacity, he directs Department-wide efforts to develop and implement policies and programs relating to DoD deployment medicine, force health protection, national disaster support, international health agreements and missions, and medical readiness for 2.3 million Service members.
Previously, Charles L. Rice, M.D., performed the duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, was the Acting Director, TRICARE Management Activity, and President of the USUHS. Before assuming his role at USUHS, Dr. Rice, a Navy-trained surgeon and researcher, served as the vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Illinois, Chicago, from 1999-2004. Prior to that, he was vice dean of the UIC College of Medicine, as well as a professor of surgery and professor of physiology and biophysics. Originally from Atlanta, Ga., Dr. Rice graduated with an A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1964 and earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in 1968. He interned at Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. He completed his general surgery residency at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., followed by a research fellowship at the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda. Dr. Rice's full biography can be found at.[5]
The previous ASD(HA) was Dr. S. Ward Casscells. Dr. Casscells' term expired on 28 April 2009. The Obama Administration asked him to remain after the transition, but he has chosen to leave to be with family and continue his medical career. His interim replacement is Acting ASD(HA) Ellen Embrey,[6] a merit Senior Executive Service employee (not political), who is permanent Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Health Protection and Readiness, a 3-star equivalent position. Embrey has a reputation for both breadth and depth of knowledge in defense matters, strong ethical standards, and an ability to form partnerships working for common goals. Ms. Embrey has since stepped down from serving as the interim ASD(HA).
Past Assistant Secretaries
The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time, as well as all the holders of those offices.
Name | Tenure | SecDef(s) Served Under | President(s) Served Under |
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Chairman, Armed Forces Medical Policy Council | |||
Dr. Raymond B. Allen | July 5, 1949 – September 30, 1949 | Louis A. Johnson | Harry Truman |
Dr. Richard L. Meiling | October 1, 1949 - January 2, 1951 | Louis A. Johnson George C. Marshall |
Harry Truman |
Dr. William R. Lovelace | July 1, 1951 - March 31, 1952 | George C. Marshall Robert A. Lovett |
Harry Truman |
Dr. Melvin A. Casberg | April 1, 1952 - March 31, 1953 | Robert A. Lovett Charles E. Wilson |
Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower |
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) | |||
Dr. Melvin A. Casberg | April 1, 1953 - August 2, 1953 | Charles E. Wilson | Dwight Eisenhower |
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Medical) | |||
Dr. Melvin A. Casberg | August 3, 1953 - January 27, 1954 | Charles E. Wilson | Dwight Eisenhower |
Dr. Frank B. Berry | January 28, 1954 - January 31, 1961 | Charles E. Wilson Neil H. McElroy Thomas S. Gates |
Dwight Eisenhower John Kennedy |
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health and Environment) | |||
Dr. Louis M. Rousselot | July 22, 1970 - July 1, 1971 | Melvin R. Laird | Richard Nixon |
Dr. Richard Sloan Wilbur | July 27, 1971 - September 1, 1973 | Melvin R. Laird Elliot L. Richardson James R. Schlesinger |
Richard Nixon |
Dr. James R. Cowan | February 19, 1974 - March 1, 1976 | James R. Schlesinger Donald H. Rumsfeld |
Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Vernon McKenzie (Acting) | March 2, 1976 - March 8, 1976 | Donald H. Rumsfeld | Gerald Ford |
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) | |||
Dr. Robert N. Smith | August 30, 1976 - January 7, 1978 | Donald H. Rumsfeld Harold Brown |
Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter |
Vernon McKenzie (Acting) | January 8, 1978 - August 14, 1979 | Harold Brown | Jimmy Carter |
Dr. John Moxley III | September 14, 1979 - August 9, 1981 | Harold Brown Caspar W. Weinberger |
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
Dr. John Beary (Acting) | August 10, 1981 - September 24, 1983 | Caspar W. Weinberger | Ronald Reagan |
Vernon McKenzie (Acting) | September 25, 1983 - November 17, 1983 | Caspar W. Weinberger | Ronald Reagan |
William E. Mayer | November 18, 1983 - April 21, 1989 | Caspar W. Weinberger Frank C. Carlucci III William Howard Taft IV (Acting) Richard B. Cheney |
Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
Dr. Enrique Mendez | March 5, 1990 - January 20, 1993 | Richard B. Cheney | George H. W. Bush |
Dr. Edward D. Martin (Acting) | January 20, 1993 - March 23, 1994 | Leslie Aspin, Jr. William J. Perry |
William Clinton |
Dr. Stephen C. Joseph | March 23, 1994 - March 31, 1997 | William J. Perry William S. Cohen |
William Clinton |
Dr. Edward D. Martin (Acting) | April 1, 1997 - February 28, 1998 | William S. Cohen | William Clinton |
Gary Christopherson (Acting) | March 1, 1998 - May 25, 1998 | William S. Cohen | William Clinton |
Dr. Sue Bailey | May 26, 1998 - August 10, 2000 | William S. Cohen | William Clinton |
Dr. J. Jarrett Clinton | August 14, 2000 - October 29, 2001 | William S. Cohen Donald H. Rumsfeld |
William Clinton George W. Bush |
Dr. William Winkenwerder, Jr. | October 29, 2001 - April 12, 2007 | Donald H. Rumsfeld | George W. Bush |
Dr. S. Ward Casscells | April 12, 2007 - April 28, 2009 | Robert M. Gates | George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Ellen Embrey (Acting*) | April 29, 2009 - January 31, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
Allen W. Middleton (Acting*) | February 1, 2010 - February 28, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
Dr. Charles L. Rice (Acting*) | March 1, 2010 - September 6, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
Dr. George P. Taylor, Jr. (Acting*) | September 7, 2010 - December 22, 2010 | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
Dr. Jonathan A. Woodson[8] | December 22, 2010 - May 1, 2016[9] | Robert M. Gates | Barack Obama |
Dr. Karen S. Guice (Acting*) | May 2, 2016 - January 20, 2017[10] | Ashton Carter | Barack Obama |
Dr. David J. Smith (Acting*)[11] | January 21, 2017 - August 11, 2019[12] | James Mattis | Donald Trump |
Honorable Thomas McCaffery[13] | August 12, 2019 - Present[14] | Patrick M. Shanahan | Donald Trump |
Persons marked with a * are interim officials described in military documents as "Performing the Duties of the ASD/HA," rather than as "Acting"
References
- ^ "Directives Division" (PDF). Dtic.mil. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ a b c "Department of Defense Key Officials" (PDF). Historical Office, OSD. 2016. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ^ Galvin, Robert. 4 August 2005. “The Complex World of Military Medicine: A Conversation with William Winkenwerder.” Health Affairs. http://www.healthaffairs.org/
- ^ "Welcome to International Health". Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "MHS Leadership > Charles L. Rice, M.D". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Ellen P. Embrey". Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "History of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs" http://www.health.mil/About_MHS/History.aspx Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
- ^ Kime, Patricia (April 5, 2016). "Assistant secretary of defense for health affairs to step down". MilitaryTimes. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ Lyle, Amaani (December 22, 2016). "Departing DoD Official Reflects on Military Health System Improvements". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ "Dr. David J. Smith". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ "David J. Smith, M.D." Health.mil. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ^ "Honorable Thomas McCaffery". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ https://www.health.mil/About-MHS/Biographies/Mr-Thomas-McCaffery