Boris Lushniak

Boris Lushniak (born 1961) is a retired United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps rear admiral who served as the acting Surgeon General of the United States, from July 17, 2013 to December 18, 2014. He previously served as the Deputy Surgeon General from 2010 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2015 when Vivek Murthy assumed office as Surgeon General. He retired from the Public Health Service on December 8, 2015 after over 27 years of service. On October 4, 2016 he was appointed dean of the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health, effective January 9, 2017.

Early life and education A native of Chicago, Illinois, Lushniak was born in 1961

He attended Northwestern University, receiving a BS in Medicine in 1981, and an MD from Northwestern University Medical School in 1983.

Career U.S. public health career Starting out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention {CDC} in the Epidemic Intelligence Service in 1988, Lushniak spent the next 16 years with the CDC, working on assignments in Russia, Kosovo and Bangladesh. In 2010 he was promoted to rear admiral (upper half) and named Deputy Surgeon General.

From January to March 2015 he served as commander of the USPHS Monrovia Medical Unit in Liberia, which was the only U.S. government hospital providing care to Ebola patients.

Post-government career Retiring from the USPHS in September 2015, Lushniak joined the faculty of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

In January 2017 he became the dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Uniformed services awards and decorations

Personal life Lushniak is married with two daughters, is active in the Ukrainian-American community and is member of Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization, serving at youth camps for Ukrainian scouts in Wisconsin and New York.