Erica Schwartz

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<p><b>Erica G. Schwartz</b> is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who was Deputy Surgeon General from January 2019 to April 2021. Prior to this, she served in several positions with the U.S. Coast Guard, including as their Chief Medical Officer during 2015–2019, and before that as Chief of Health Services and Chief of Preventive Medicine at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, becoming its principal expert on flu pandemics.</p>
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Retired U.S. Public Health Service rear admiral who served as Deputy Surgeon General.
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