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The assistant secretary for health (ASH) is a senior U.S. government official within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position is a statutory office (42 U.S.C. § 202) and the holder of the office serves as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services's primary advisor on matters involving the nation's public health.
2021–present. Rank. Admiral. Rachel Leland Levine ( / ləˈviːn /; born October 28, 1957) [1] is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States assistant secretary for health since March 26, 2021. [2] She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps .
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) is an operating agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the managing personnel body for the United States Public Health Service. The office is under the direction of the assistant secretary for health, who serves as the senior advisor on public health and ...
Brett P. Giroir (pronounced jir-WAH) (born November 4, 1960) [1] is an American pediatrician. He was formerly the U.S. assistant secretary for health, a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner. Giroir currently serves as CEO and a member of the Board of ...
Harvard University ( MS) Karen Bollinger DeSalvo (born August 4, 1966) [1] is an American business executive, physician and public health expert. She has been Google ’s chief health officer since 2019. [2] Previously, she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Director ...
Lester Martínez López (born 1955) is an American government official and former Army general who serves as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs since 2023. While in the United States Army, Martínez López was the first Hispanic to head the Army Medical and Research Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland. His responsibilities ...
Towson University ( BS) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences ( MS) Susan M. Orsega is an American nurse and rear admiral who currently serves as the senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health and the Surgeon General of the United States. She previously served as the acting surgeon general from January 20 to March 4, 2021.
Philip R. Lee. Philip Randolph Lee (April 17, 1924 – October 27, 2020) was an American physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 and President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1998. Lee came from a family of doctors.