What events and publications will feature the Acting Surgeon General?

Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Surgeon General will be speaking at the following events:

• August Events
• September Events
• October Events
• November Events
• December Events
• Video Presentations
• Publications

August 2008 Events 

Wednesday, August 6,2008

• Speaker, American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

Monday-Thursday, August 18-21, 2008

• Keynote, Interdepartmental Tribal Justice, Safety, & Wellness Government-to-Government Consultation Meeting and Prevention of Underage Drinking Tour
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Prevention of Underage Drinking
  • Location: Helena, Butte, Bozeman, and Billings, MT

Tuesday, August 26-28, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Region 6
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Shiprock, Albuquerque, NM; Dallas, TX

September Events

Wednesday-Friday, September 3-5, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Region 7
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Kansas City, MO; Des Moines, IA

Monday, September 15, 2008

• Keynote, Venous Disease Coalition Conference
  • Focus: Roll Out of the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolisms
  • Location: Washington, DC

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

• Speaker and Chair, Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health Meeting
  • Focus: Health Consequences of Tobacco
  • Location: Washington, DC

Monday-Wednesday, September 22-24, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Region 4
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Jackson, MS; Birmingham, AL; Memphis, TN

Monday, September 29, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Washington, DC
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

Tuesday-Thursday, September 30 - October 2, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Puerto Rico
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: San Juan, PR

October Events:

Monday, October 6, 2008

• National Child Health Day
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

Friday-Saturday, October 10-11, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Syracuse Roundtable
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Syracuse, NY

Wednesday-Friday, October 15-17, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Region 8
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Sioux Falls, SD; Denver, CO

Thursday, October 23, 2008

• Speaker, National Summit of Clinicians for Healthcare Justice Conference
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

Thursday-Friday, October 23-24, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Manhattan Media Event
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: New York, NY

Thursday, October 30, 2008

• Speaker, National Business Group on Health - Institute on the Cost and Health Effects of Obesity
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Washington, DC

November Events

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

• Speaker, James Madison University -- Health Priorities for the Nation
  • Focus: SG Priorities and Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Harrisonburg, VA

Friday, November 21, 2008

• Healthy Youth for a Health Future National Tour: Honolulu, HI
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Honolulu, HI

December Events

Monday-Thursday, December 1-4, 2008

• Speaker, James Madison University -- Health Priorities for the Nation
  • Focus: SG Priorities and Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention
  • Location: Harrisonburg, VA

Video Presentations:

Monday, July 28, 2008

• National Area Health Center Organization Conference
  • Focus: Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention

Publications:

September/October Issue:

• Upcoming Public Health Report
  • Pre-term Birth as a Public Health Initiative
  • Focus: Pre-term Birth

Note: Surgeon General speeches and press releases can be found at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/newsroom.html

Updated: 07/29/2008