Erica Schwartz

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Erica G. Schwartz (born 1971 or 1972) is an American health official who is Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She previously served as Deputy Surgeon General from January 2019 to April 2021, with the rank of rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Prior to this, she served in several positions with the U.S. Coast Guard, including as 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.

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