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:Dr. David Sencer received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1951 and his M.P.H. from Harvard in 1958. He was in the Public Health Service from 1955-1977. His early assignments were in a county health department as a tuberculosis epidemiologist and in 1960 he became Assistant Director of the Communicable Disease Center. He became Director of the newly renamed Center for Disease Control in 1966 and served in that capacity until 1977. He was Senior Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs of Becton Dickenson and Company from 1977-1981 and became Commissioner of Health in New York City in 1982, serving four years in that capacity. He was a consultant for international health activities from 1986-93 and retired at that time. In retirement he has been involved in problems of the aged and is a Volunteer Ombudsman for residents in long term care facilities. He serves on a variety of ethics committees at Emory University and teaches freshmen medical students.<ref>[http://www.protectthetruth.org/davidsencer.htm David J. Sencer, M.D.], ProtecttheTruth website, accessed 16 July 2009</ref> | :Dr. David Sencer received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1951 and his M.P.H. from Harvard in 1958. He was in the Public Health Service from 1955-1977. His early assignments were in a county health department as a tuberculosis epidemiologist and in 1960 he became Assistant Director of the Communicable Disease Center. He became Director of the newly renamed Center for Disease Control in 1966 and served in that capacity until 1977. He was Senior Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs of Becton Dickenson and Company from 1977-1981 and became Commissioner of Health in New York City in 1982, serving four years in that capacity. He was a consultant for international health activities from 1986-93 and retired at that time. In retirement he has been involved in problems of the aged and is a Volunteer Ombudsman for residents in long term care facilities. He serves on a variety of ethics committees at Emory University and teaches freshmen medical students.<ref>[http://www.protectthetruth.org/davidsencer.htm David J. Sencer, M.D.], ProtecttheTruth website, accessed 16 July 2009</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:39, 16 July 2009
David J. Sencer MD was director of the US Center for Disease Control from 1966 to 1977.[1]
During his directorship, in 1976, the CDC ran a massive public vaccination campaign against Swine Flu that resulted in $3.5 billion dollars of damages being claimed against the US government (see Swine Flu).
The following is his biography from the ProtecttheTruth website:
- Dr. David Sencer received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1951 and his M.P.H. from Harvard in 1958. He was in the Public Health Service from 1955-1977. His early assignments were in a county health department as a tuberculosis epidemiologist and in 1960 he became Assistant Director of the Communicable Disease Center. He became Director of the newly renamed Center for Disease Control in 1966 and served in that capacity until 1977. He was Senior Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs of Becton Dickenson and Company from 1977-1981 and became Commissioner of Health in New York City in 1982, serving four years in that capacity. He was a consultant for international health activities from 1986-93 and retired at that time. In retirement he has been involved in problems of the aged and is a Volunteer Ombudsman for residents in long term care facilities. He serves on a variety of ethics committees at Emory University and teaches freshmen medical students.[2]
Notes
- ↑ David J. Sencer, M.D., ProtecttheTruth website, accessed 16 July 2009
- ↑ David J. Sencer, M.D., ProtecttheTruth website, accessed 16 July 2009
