Flag Grade Promotions On 16 January, ADM Joxel Garcia, USPHS, Assistant Secretary for Health, and RADM Steven Galson, USPHS, Acting Surgeon General, announced that Secretary Leavitt approved eight officers for flag grade promotions. Flag officers are the senior most ranking officers of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps), and they serve with distinction and as a visible reminder of the great legacy of public health leadership that is the Corps’ tradition. 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 the Corps at large, especially junior officers. Flag Grade Promotions Effective 1 February 2009 From O-7 to O-8: RADM Deborah Parham-Hopson, Associate Administrator, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration RADM Thomas McGinnis, Pharmaceutical Operations Directorate, TRICARE Management Activity, Department of Defense From O-6 to O-7: CAPT Theresa Cullen, Chief Information Officer and Director, Information Technology, Indian Health Service CAPT Scott Deitchman, Associate Director, Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CAPT Peter Delany, Director, Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration CAPT Stephen Redd, Director, Influenza Coordination Unit, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CAPT Ann Knebel, Deputy Director for Preparedness Planning, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Office of the Secretary CAPT Isabel Garcia, Deputy Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health

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