1. Eric B Schoomaker was born on September 15,1948 and is a former United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command, and a practicing hematologist.
Eric Schoomaker previously served as Commanding General, North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Eric Schoomaker assumed the post of US Army Surgeon General on December 11,2007.
Eric Schoomaker is the younger brother of General Peter Schoomaker, USA, who served as the 35th Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
Eric Schoomaker received his medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1975 and completed his PhD in Human Genetics in 1979.
Eric Schoomaker completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, from 1976 to 1978, followed by a fellowship in hematology at Duke University Medical Center in 1979.
Eric Schoomaker is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and hematology.
Eric Schoomaker attended the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2000 followed by assignments as the Command Surgeon for the US Army Forces Command from July 2000 to March 2001, and Commander of the 30th Medical Brigade headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, from April 2001 to June 2002.
Eric Schoomaker was then the commanding general of the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick until March 2007.
From December 11,2007, to December 5,2011, Eric Schoomaker served as the 42nd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command.
Eric Schoomaker currently teaches at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
Eric Schoomaker has been honored with the Order of Military Medical Merit and the "A" proficiency designator and holds the Expert Field Medical Badge.