Editing David Satcher (section)

{{short description|American physician and public health administrator}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = David Satcher
| image               = David Satcher official photo portrait.jpg
| office              = 16th [[Surgeon General of the United States]]
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]<br>[[George W. Bush]]
| term_start          = February 13, 1998
| term_end            = February 12, 2002
| predecessor         = [[J. Jarrett Clinton]] (acting)
| successor           = {{nobr|[[Kenneth P. Moritsugu]] (acting)}}
| office1             = 11th [[Assistant Secretary for Health|U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health]]
| president1          = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start1         = February 13, 1998
| term_end1           = January 20, 2001
| predecessor1        = [[Philip R. Lee]]
| successor1          = [[Arthur Lawrence (health)|Arthur Lawrence]] (acting)
| office2             = 13th Director of the [[Centers for Disease Control]]
| president2          = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start2         = 1993
| term_end2           = February 13, 1998
| predecessor2        = [[William L. Roper]]
| successor2          = [[Jeffrey Koplan]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1941|3|2}}
| birth_place         = [[Anniston, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education           = [[Morehouse College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Case Western Reserve University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| allegiance          = {{flag|United States}}
| branch              = [[United States Public Health Service|U.S. Public Health Service]]
| branch_label        = Service
| rank                = [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]]
| serviceyears        = 1998–2002
| serviceyears_label  = Service&nbsp;years
}}
'''David Satcher''' (born March 2, 1941) is an American physician, and public health administrator. He is a four-star [[Admiral (United States)|admiral]] in the [[United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps]] and served as the 11th [[Assistant Secretary for Health]], and the 16th [[Surgeon General of the United States]].