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Dr. Regina Benjamin selected as Surgeon General

by albertacowpoke | July 13, 2009 at 08:01 am

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President Obama, today announced the selection of Dr. Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General. This post has been vacant and is timely before the surge of the H1N1A flu, next fall.

President Obama said that her vast experience will help with the implementation of the proposed Health Care System without additional costs to the taxpayer.

Ms. Benjamin was the first black woman to head the State of Alabama Medical Association and was associate dean for rural health at the University of South Alabama's College of Medicine.

Here is a Biography of Dr. Regina Benjamin

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President Obama has chosen Regina Benjamin, a family physician from Alabama, to be the next Surgeon General, filling a key public health post ahead of an expected surge in the H1N1 flu next fall, White House sources said.

Benjamin gained fame through her public efforts to rebuild her rural health clinic after Hurricane Katrina devastated it. She founded the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in 1990 and rebuilt it after the hurricane.

Benjamin has also served as the first black woman to head the State of Alabama Medical Association and was associate dean for rural health at the University of South Alabama's College of Medicine.