Boris Lushniak

Boris Lushniak is a rear admiral of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the current Surgeon General of the United States, acting in the capacity since July 17, 2013.

Early life and education
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Lushniak is of Ukrainian ancestry, went St. Ignatius College Prep and is a graduate of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Harvard University's School of Public Health.

Career
Lushniak spent 16 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While there, he worked on assignments in Russia, Kosovo and Bangladesh. He also worked at the World Trade Center site and with the CDC anthrax team.

Lushniak joined the Food and Drug Administration in 2004. He served as the Chief Medical Officer, Office of Counterterrorism Policy and Planning in the Office of the Commissioner before being named Assistant Commissioner of the FDA the following year.

He was promoted to Rear Admiral (Upper Half) and named Deputy Surgeon General in 2010.

He has received numerous USPHS awards including two Outstanding Service Medals, a Commendation Medal, and two Achievement Medals. In addition he has received the AMA Dr. William Beaumont Award in Medicine and the AMSUS Sustaining Member Lecture Award as well as DHHS Secretary and FDA Commissioner awards.

Personal life
Lushniak is married with two children, Stephanie and Larissa, and is a member of Plast, serving at camps for Ukrainians in Wisconsin and New York.