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| | HHS - Office of the Surgeon General - About the Office |
 | | He is a past member of the board of directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing, and of the board of trustees of the National Kidney Foundation, and an active volunteer with the Transplant Recipients International Organization. |
 | | As one of the seven Uniformed Services the United States, the PHS Commissioned Corps is a specialized career system designed to attract, develop, and retain health professionals who may be assigned to Federal, State or local agencies or international organizations to accomplish its mission. |
 | | In 1870, the Marine Hospital Service was reorganized as a national hospital system with centralized administration under a medical officer, the Supervising Surgeon, who was later give the title of Surgeon General. |
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