Erica Schwartz
American rear admiral
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- Schwartz is a retired rear admiral in the U.
- Prior to this, she served in several positions with the U.
- Coast Guard Headquarters, becoming its principal expert on flu pandemics.
- Early life and education Schwartz's father was a career Navy master chief petty officer stationed in San Diego, and she has three siblings who served in the military.
- She was commissioned by the Navy in 1994.
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WikipediaErica G. Schwartz is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who was Deputy Surgeon General from January 2019 to April 2021. Prior to this, she served in several positions with the U.S. Coast Guard, including as their Chief Medical Officer during 2015–2019, and before that as Chief of Health Services and Chief of Preventive Medicine at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, becoming its principal expert on flu pandemics.
On April 16, 2026, President Donald Trump nominated Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Schwartz's father was a career Navy master chief petty officer stationed in San Diego, and she has three siblings who served in the military. She enrolled in Brown University's eight-year Program in Liberal Medical Education, graduating with a degree in biomedical engineering with a minor in East Asian studies in 1994, and an M.D. in 1998. She was commissioned by the Navy in 1994.
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