10 Facts About Boris Lushniak

Boris Lushniak is a retired United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral who served as the acting Surgeon General of the United States, from July 17,2013 to December 18,2014.

Boris Lushniak previously served as the Deputy Surgeon General from 2010 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2015 when Vivek Murthy assumed office as Surgeon General.

Boris Lushniak retired from the Public Health Service on December 8,2015 after over 27 years of service.

Boris Lushniak completed a residency in family medicine in 1987 at St Joseph Hospital in Chicago and a residency in dermatology at the University of Cincinnati in 1993.

Boris Lushniak worked at the World Trade Center site and with the CDC anthrax team.

Boris Lushniak served as the Chief Medical Officer, Office of Counter-terrorism Policy and Planning in the Office of the Commissioner before being named FDA Assistant Commissioner, Counterterrorism Policy and Director of the Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats within the Office of the Commissioner, the following year.

Boris Lushniak served as the chairman of the Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics department.

Boris Lushniak "has not been confirmed, and lacks the authority to actively pursue a public health agenda for the nation" per New England Journal of Medicine Editors-in-Chief and executive editor in October 2014, who stated : "We have heard little from him during the Ebola outbreak".

Boris Lushniak is the recipient of the following awards and decorations:.

Boris Lushniak is married with two daughters, is active in the Ukrainian-American community and is member of Plast, serving at camps for Ukrainian scouts in Wisconsin and New York.