Dr. Regina Benjamin Named US Surgeon General by President Barack Obama

Dr. Regina Benjamin will be named as the U.S. Surgeon General by President Barack Obama in a Rose Garden announcement Monday.

Benjamin, 51, is a specialist in rural health care and serves as the founder and chief executive officer of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Alabama, which she founded in 1990.

Benjamin became known nationally for her determination to rebuild her clinic, destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It was also damaged by Hurricane Georges in 1998.

A native of Daphne, AL, Benjamin received her B.S. from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1979, attended Morehouse School of Medicine from 1980 to 1982, and received an M.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1984. She also holds an M.B.A. (1991) from Tulane University.

She was the first woman and first black to serve as president of the state of Alabama’s medical association. She also was the first black woman to serve on the board of trustees of the American Medical Association and received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” last year.

Last year she was named by U.S. News and World Report as among America’s best leaders.

In January, Obama offered Dr. Sanjay Gupta the position of Surgeon General. Gupta withdrew from consideration in March, saying he wanted devote time to his family and his practice as a neurosurgeon while maintaining his broadcast career on CNN.

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