surgeon general
noun
plural surgeons general
: the chief medical officer of a branch of the armed services or of a public health service
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Knowledge cannot be safely applied without oversight from government agencies, such as the FDA, the surgeon general, the EPA and others.
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Primary Care Physicians, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025
Last year, Vivek Murthy, then the surgeon general in the Biden administration, called on schools to get rid of phones in the classroom.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration has removed a 2024 surgeon general's advisory on the public health impacts of gun violence and a related webpage from the Health and Human Services website.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
But a lot has changed in the month since that surgeon general’s report.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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Primary Care Physicians, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025
Last year, Vivek Murthy, then the surgeon general in the Biden administration, called on schools to get rid of phones in the classroom.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
The Trump administration has removed a 2024 surgeon general's advisory on the public health impacts of gun violence and a related webpage from the Health and Human Services website.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
But a lot has changed in the month since that surgeon general’s report.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Surgeon general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon%20general. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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