Talk:Richard Carmona

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Several things

Dr. Carmona is not a Vice Admiral of the US Navy. Rather, he's a Vice Admiral in the United States Public Health Service. "Dr." is in his own biography on the website because Dr. is a term of respect for those who have earned a medical degree. It wasn't necessary to remove every instance of "Dr." from the article. --ABQCat 01:29, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

resignation

Why did he quit? Anyone have a reliable source that states this?

He didn't quit. He left at the end of his four year term of office as Surgeon General.--FeralOink (talk) 12:10, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

UCSF degree

since when has UCSF awarded bachelors degrees?

Good question! I thought that UCSF only offered graduate and terminal/professional degrees. Maybe they did award bachelors degrees when he was there, back in the 1970s? There are other puzzling, possibly inaccurate details about his background.

How did he graduate from medical school after only two years? An M.D. degree in the United States requires four years usually.
How did he become a surgeon if he didn't do a surgical residency? Maybe he did, but his BLP article doesn't mention it.
It should be mentioned that it took him eight years to become certified in General Surgery, because he failed the exam twice, see The Vindicator newspaper story of 9 July 2002, which is already a reference for other content on the page.
How did he become a professor of surgery at a medical school with so little clinical experience?

I would think that his educational background and credentials were thoroughly vetted when he was confirmed as Surgeon General by the U.S. Senate in 2002, by a 98-0 vote! Regardless, it would be helpful to know how he earned so many degrees so quickly. I will try to find some sources to cite, as I am curious now.--FeralOink (talk) 12:29, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Global climate change and warming

I noticed that the reference to Dr. Carmona's statement on global warming was just changed to reference the more general issue of global climate change. I'm unclear as to why the editor did this, but didn't want to quickly revert a good-faith edit. In the reference, Carmona mentions the specific topic of global warming, so it seems most appropriate to me to reference that and not global climate change in this article. Edurant 17:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, if he specifically used that term, it should be used in the article. The only reason I changed it is because "Climate change" is the more scientifically-accepted terminology.Athene cunicularia 18:01, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Former Surgeon General on NJoy E-Cigarette Board of Directors

Several sources cite Richard Carmona as member of board of directors of E-Cigarette company NJoy. ^[1] Seems relevant, based on his actions as Surgeon General to discourage second hand tobacco smoke. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Big al in big d (talk • contribs) 02:38, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/richard-carmona-joining-e-cigarette-board-89262.html

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RS for medals?

His official photo shows Purple Heart and Bronze Star ribbons, but the text and sourcing for the article is missing. – S. Rich (talk) 03:27, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/richard-carmona-joining-e-cigarette-board-89262.html

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