Patricia Horoho

Patricia D. Horoho (née Dallas; born March 21, 1960) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 43rd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General of the United States Army Medical Command. She was the second female Nurse Corps officer to hold the title of Army surgeon general but the first to be appointed and hold the position for a full term. In 2016, she was inducted into the United States Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame.

Early life and education Horoho was born in Fort Bragg on March 21, 1960, and attended St. Ann Catholic School and St. Patrick Catholic School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She graduated from E.E. Smith High School in 1978. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1982 and a Master of Science in Nursing as a Clinical Trauma Nurse Specialist from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. She later went on to earn a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Military career Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho passes the Southern Regional Medical Command guidon to Major General Jimmie O. Keenan (left) during a change of command ceremony on June 6, 2013. In 1994, Horoho was the head nurse of the emergency room at Womack Army Medical Center. She treated the wounded in the aftermath of the Green Ramp disaster. Among her military awards are the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Order of Military Medical Merit medallion, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with 6 oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and the Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster. Western Regional Medical Command, based in Fort Lewis, Washington (2008–2010), and United States Army Medical Command, as Surgeon General of the United States Army (December 2011 – December 3, 2015).

Horoho was succeeded by Lieutenant General Nadja West on 11 December 2015. Horoho retired from the Army on 1 February 2016.

Awards and recognitions

Personal life Horoho is the daughter of retired army officer Frank Dallas and Josephine Dallas. She is married to retired Colonel Ray Horoho, and they have two children. She has one brother, Ed Dallas, and one sister, Nancy Dallas (now Boatner). She has received honorary degrees from New York Institute of Technology and the University of Minnesota.