What events and publications will feature the Acting Surgeon General?

Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Surgeon General will be speaking at the following events:

• April Events
• May Events
• June Events
• July Events
• August Events

April 2008 Events:

Monday-Tuesday, April 14-15, 2008

• State visit to Nebraska for the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
  • Focus: Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
  • Location: Omaha, NE

Friday, April 25, 2008

• Media opportunities for FDA’s Spot the Block Campaign
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: New York City, NY        

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

• Speaker, American Beverage Association
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

May 2008 Events: 

Thursday, May 1, 2008

• Speaker, Stony Brook University
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Stony Brook, NY

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

• Speaker, CDC Diabetes Conference & Region IV Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future Tour
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Orlando, FL

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

• Speaker, JCCA Conference
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Miami, FL

Thursday, May 8, 2008

• Speaker, Annual National Rural Health Association Conference
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: New Orleans, LA

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

• Speaker, American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Indianapolis, IN

June 2008 Events 

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

• Speaker, Healthy Leap into Summer

  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Elizabeth, NJ

Sunday-Thursday, June 8-12, 2008

• Speaker, COA/COF Conference
  • Focus: Surgeon General Priorities
  • Location: Tucson, AZ

Saturday, June 14, 2008

• Commencement Speaker, Drexel University-School of Public Health
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Philadelphia, PA

Thursday, June 19, 2008

• Region VI Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future National Tour
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Little Rock, AR

Thursday-Friday, June 26-27, 2008

• Speaker, National Coalition for Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases Summit for a National Action Plan for Bone Health
  • Focus: Bone Health
  • Location: Washington, DC

July 2008 Events

Tuesday-Wednesday, July 8-9, 2008

• Region VII Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future National Tour
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: St. Louis, MO

August 2008 Events 

Wednesday, August 6,2008

• Speaker, American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

Tuesday-Wednesday, August 19-20, 2008

• Region VI Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Dallas and Houston, TX

Note: Surgeon General speeches and press releases can be found at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/newsroom.html

Updated: 04/14/2008