Dr. David Satcher completed his four-year term as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States in February 2002. He also served as Assistant Secretary for Health from February 1998 to January 2001, making him only the second person in history to have held both positions of Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health simultaneously.

In December 2004, Dr. Satcher was appointed as the Interim President of the Morehouse School of Medicine. In January 2002, Dr. Satcher was named the director of the new National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Before assuming this post in September 2002, he served as a Senior Visiting Fellow with the Kaiser Family Foundation, where he spent time reflecting and writing about his experiences in government and consulting on public health programs.

As Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Satcher spearheaded the development of Healthy People 2010 which included the elimination of racial and ethnic disparities in health as one of its two goals. He also released 14 Surgeon General’s reports on topics that included tobacco and health; mental health; suicide prevention, oral health; sexual health; youth violence prevention; and obesity.

Dr. Satcher, a Morehouse College graduate (1963), is a former Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and Macy Faculty Fellow. He is the recipient of over 40 honorary degrees and numerous distinguished honors.  Dr. Satcher received his MD and PhD from Case Western Reserve University in 1970 with election to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.  Dr. Satcher would most like to be known as the Surgeon General who listened to the American people and responded with effective programs.

Yvonne T. Maddox, PhD, Deputy Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health

Dr. Yvonne T. Maddox is the deputy director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), a position she has held since January 1995. From January 2000, to June 2002, Dr. Maddox also served as the acting deputy director of the NIH.

Her leadership activities include: co-chair, NIH Strategic Plan to Eliminate Health Disparities; co-chair, the Department of Health and Human Services Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality; chair, NICHD African American Outreach Initiative to Reduce the Risk of Sudden Death Syndrome; co-chair, the NIH Public Trust Initiative; and chair, US/India and US/sub-Saharan Africa Joint Working Groups to improve maternal and child health.

Dr. Maddox received her BS in biology from Virginia Union University, Richmond, and her PhD in physiology from Georgetown University and graduated from the Senior Managers in Government Program of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Dr. Maddox is a member of the American Physiological Society and has authored numerous scientific papers.  Her additional honors and awards include: Historical Black College and Universities Hall of Fame inductee, the

Presidential Distinguished and Meritorious Executive Rank Awards, the Public Health Service Special Recognition Award and the NIH Director’s Award, and the 2005 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Distinguished Public Service Award.