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United States Army. The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license .
A Congressional Act of March 3, 1813, cited the "Physician & surgeon general" of the U.S. Army. That nomenclature remained in place until the Medical Department was established by the Reorganization Act of April 14, 1818. Additionally, physicians assigned to the U.S. Army were not accorded military rank until 1847.
Surgeon General of the Army [ 2] Major General. Norman T. Kirk. June 1, 1943. Surgeon General of the Army. Namesake of Kirk United States Army Health Clinic (formerly hospital), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Major General. Shelley U. Marietta. September 13, 1943.
Army Medical Department. The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army ( AMEDD ), formerly known as the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army's six medical Special Branches (or "Corps"). It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
www.SurgeonGeneral.gov. The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States. The surgeon general's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon ...
A study of interactions between military doctors and patients of various ranks confirms that people with higher status get resources at other people's expense.
This category contains medical doctors who have served as United States Army Medical Corps officers, including those serving in the U.S. Army Medical Department prior to 1908 when Congress made the Corps an official staff officer body.
This is a list of every rank used by the United States Army, with dates showing each rank's beginning and end. Ranks used to the end of the Revolutionary War are shown as ending on June 2, 1784. This is the date that the Continental Army was ordered to be demobilized; [1] actual demobilization took until June 20.