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Years of service
  
1985-Present


Role
  
Air Force Officer

Name
  
Mark Ediger

Rank
  
Lieutenant general

Mark A. Ediger

Commands held
  
U.S. Air Force Surgeon General

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Service/branch
  
United States Air Force

The State of Air Force Medicine: An Interview with the Air Force Surgeon General


Mark A. Ediger is a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and is the twenty-second Surgeon General of the United States Air Force. Prior to that he served as the Deputy Surgeon General.

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Education

  • 1977 Bachelor's degree in chemistry, University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • 1978 Doctor of Medicine degree, University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • 1981 Residency in family practice, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
  • 1991 Master of Public Health degree, University of Texas School of Public Health, San Antonio

    • Assignments

    1. June 1986 - August 1988, Chief, Family Practice, Air Transportable Hospital Commander, 1st Medical Group, Langley AFB, Va.

    2. August 1988 - July 1990, Flight Surgeon and Chief, Flight Medicine, 94th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va.

    3. July 1990 - July 1992, Resident in Aerospace Medicine, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas

    4. July 1992 - July 1994, Chief, Aeromedical Services, 325th Medical Group, Tyndall AFB, Fla.

    5. July 1994 - July 1996, Chief, Aerospace Medicine Branch, and Chief, Professional Services Division, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas

    6. July 1996 - July 1998, Chief, Aerospace Medicine Division, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Bolling AFB, D.C.

    7. July 1998 - July 2000, Command Surgeon, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

    8. July 2000 - June 2002, Commander, 16th Medical Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

    9. June 2002 - July 2003, Commander, 363rd Expeditionary Medical Group, Southwest Asia

    10. July 2003 - July 2007, Command Surgeon, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany

    11. July 2007 - September 2008, Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas

    12. September 2008 - July 2012, Commander, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Lackland AFB, Texas

    13. July 2012 – June 2015, Deputy Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

    14. June 2015 – present, Surgeon General, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

    References

    Mark A. Ediger Wikipedia
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