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  New Flag Promotions

A Message from ADM John O. Agwunobi
You have every right to be proud of what occurred on 1 October 2006.  On that date, our Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service promoted 14 officers to RADM (Lower half) and 5 officers to RADM (Upper half).
Those entering the Flag Ranks do so with enthusiasm – they should because these are very prestigious positions.  However, our Flag Officers are far more.   They are the senior most ranking officers of our Corps, and they serve with distinction and as a visible reminder of the great legacy of public health leadership that is our tradition.  Because of this tradition, the Acting Surgeon General and I have high expectations of our newest, and indeed all, of our Flag Officers.  They are to be leaders, demonstrating strong support of Corps activities.  They are to be visible, defining by action and by being in uniform, the honor of being a member of this Service.  They are to be mentors and educators, providing sage advice and counsel to their Flag colleagues and our Corps at large, especially our junior officers.

As the Corps moves through the Transformation, the significance of Flag Officers is daily made more apparent – they shall lead us, they shall define us, they shall exemplify the essence of this Corps.  As you congratulate the officers named below, remind them of what they mean to you, to our Corps, and to our future – remind them of the legacy that has gone before them and just how powerful your expectations are of each and every one of them.  Congratulations fellow Flag Officers – lead on!

John O. Agwunobi
ADM, USPHS
 Assistant Secretary for Health
From O-6 to O-7 (RADM Lower half)
Denise S. Canton –

Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Force Management, Office of Public Health and  Science
Sara K. Dye –

Chief Medical Officer, Area, AberdeenArea, Indian Health Service
Lawrence J. Furman –

Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Operations, Office of Public Health and Science
Christopher G. Halliday –

Director, Division of Oral Health, Indian Health Service (also currently serving as Dental Chief Professional Officer, O-8 billet)
Sandra L. Kweder –

Deputy Director, Office of New Drugs, Food and Drug Administration
Thomas J. McGinnis –

Chief, Pharmaceutical Operations Directorate, TRICARE Management Activity
Michael R. Milner –

Regional Health Administrator, Region I, Office of Public Health and Science
Kerry P. Nesseler –

Director, Office of International Health, Health Resources and Services Administration
Patrick W. O’Carroll –

Regional Health Administrator, Region X, Office of Public Health and Science
Penelope S. Royall –

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and Health Promotion), Office of Public Health and Science
Richard A. Rubendall –

Director, Division of Commissioned Personnel Support, Indian Health Service
Anne Schuchat –

Director, National Immunization Program, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Paul J. Seligman –

Director, Office of Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
William S. Stokes –

Director, National Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health
From O-7 to O-8 (RADM Upper half)    
Ronald G. Banks –

Regional Health Administrator, Region IX, Office of Public Health and Science
Eric B. Broderick –

Acting Deputy Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Peter Greenwald –

Director, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Linda R. Tollefson –

Assistant Commissioner for Science, Office of Science and Health Coordination, Food and Drug Administration
Robert C. Williams –

Chief of Staff, Office of the Surgeon General, Office of Public Health and Science
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