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New Flag Promotions |
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Following a comprehensive review of all billets recommended by Operating Divisions, Staff Divisions, and non-Department of Health
and Human Services agencies for designation as Flag-grade billets, the Surgeon General solicited nominations for promotion of
officers who encumber the approved Flag-grade billets, O-7 and O-8 grades. |
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Upon receipt of the nominations, the Surgeon General convened a Flag Officer Promotion Board. The Board independently evaluated
each of the nominations for promotion to the O-7 and O-8 grades and forwarded recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for
Health for review and recommendation. The recommended list was then delivered to Secretary Leavitt for final decision. |
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Following Secretary Leavitts approval, ADM John O. Agwunobi, Assistant Secretary for Health, has announced the selection of the following
officers for flag grade promotions: |
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From O-6 to O-7 (RADM Lower half): |
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RADM Vincent Berkley
Chief Medical Officer, Phoenix Area Office, Indian Health Service |
RADM Mitchell Cohen
Director, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
RADM Richie Grinnell
Director, Nashville Area Office, Indian Health Service |
RADM Van Hubbard
Associate Director for Nutritional Sciences, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health |
RADM Newton Kendig
Medical Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons |
RADM Boris Lushniak
Chief Medical Officer, Office of Counter Terrorism, Office of the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration |
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From O-7 to O-8 (RADM Upper half): |
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RADM John Babb
Senior Advisor, Emergency Readiness, Response and Recovery, Office of Force Readiness and Deployment, Office
of the Surgeon General, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary |
RADM Dushanka Kleinman
Deputy Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health |