Patricia Horoho
Patricia D. Horoho (* 1960 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States) is the Deputy Surgeon General of the United States Army, currently holds the rank of Lieutenant General.
Life and work
Horoho was born in 1960 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina and went to school in Fayetteville, where she worked the St. Ann Catholic School and then St. Patrick Catholic School visited before sending it to the EE Smith High School 1978 graduate from high school made .. She studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she in 1982 a Bachelor of Science degree earned as a nurse and at the University of Pittsburgh, where in 1992 a Master of Science as a Clinical Trauma Nurse Specialist obtained.
1994 Horoho head nurse in the emergency room at Womack Army Medical Center, where, among the wounded were cared for her as a result of the Green Ramp disaster.
Horoho led, among other things:
- The DeWitt Health Care Network in Fort Belvoir, Virginia (2004-2006),
- The Walter Reed Health Care System in Washington, DC (2007-2008),
- The Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington (2008-2009)
- The Western Regional Medical Command at Fort Lewis, Washington (2008-2010)
She is currently Deputy Surgeon General and Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
5 May 2011 nominated President Barack Obama Horoho for the office of the 43rd Surgeon General of the United States Army ( TSG ) and the Commanding General of the United States Army Medical Command (CG, USAMEDCOM ) that they should take over in December 2011. This nomination must be confirmed by the Senate of the United States. She is the first woman and the first officer of the Nurse Corps, which was nominated in these two posts in the history of the United States Army by the President of the United States.
Awards
Horoho was awarded on 14 September 2002 at the American Red Cross as Nurse Hero, because it provided 75 injured first aid in the attacks on 11 September 2001. Among her military awards are the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Medal of the Order of Military Medical Merit, the Order of the Legion of Merit (2 OLC), the Meritorious Service Medal (6 OLC), the Army Commendation Medal ( 3 OLC ), and the Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC). The University of Pittsburgh appointed Horoho 2007 Legacy Laureate.