Surgeon general taking job at Morehouse, source says
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Posted 12:28PM on Monday, January 14, 2002
ATLANTA -Surgeon General David Satcher has accepted a job at Morehouse College, where he will lead a new center devoted to promoting effective health care, The Associated Press learned Monday. <br>
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The Morehouse School of Medicine planned a news conference Tuesday to announce the first director of its National Center for Primary Care. A school source speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed Satcher's hiring to The AP. <br>
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In Washington, spokeswoman Cynthia Bennett said the surgeon general would formally announce his plans Tuesday. <br>
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Satcher was appointed surgeon general by President Clinton. His four-year term ends Feb. 13, and last year he announced plans to step down. <br>
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The Morehouse job would be a homecoming of sorts for Satcher, who holds a bachelor's degree in medicine from the Atlanta school. He also spent time as a professor there before becoming director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. <br>
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