Susan J. Blumenthal, MD — public health (government), psychiatry
Courtesy Susan Jane Blumenthal, MD, MPA
A champion for improving the health of people globally, Dr. Susan J. Blumenthal served as U.S. assistant surgeon general, and senior science and E-health advisor in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where her work focused on a broad range of public health and science issues facing the nation and the world. She is an internationally recognized medical expert and leader who has been a major force in bringing important public health issues, including disease and violence prevention, women’s health, and mental illness to scientific and public attention, helping to place them at the top of our nation’s health care agenda. She has also stimulated many international collaborations on health issues. Dr. Blumenthal has been involved in the national public health response to terrorism and has served as director of the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center. She has also been at the forefront of applying technology to improve heath. Assistant Surgeon General Blumenthal was among the first in the government to use the internet for health education, envisioning and establishing several award-winning health websites. Additionally, Dr. Blumenthal has served as a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center, and as distinguished visiting professor of women’s studies at Brandeis University. She also served as senior advisor on public health to the White House Domestic Policy Council, and to the secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Previously, on a special assignment from the government, she was associate vice president for health affairs and a visiting professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
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