Abstract
The Senate's approval last week of David Satcher for U.S. Surgeon General will reclaim the nation's bully pulpit for public health, vacant for 3 years since the departure of Joycelyn Elders. Satcher, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1993, will also serve as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Some Senate Republicans objected to his appointment, citing in particular his opposition to a ban on late-term abortions. But medical groups, as well as some prominent Republicans, backed Satcher, a physician with a Ph.D. in cytogenetics.
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