Who Would You Choose For Surgeon General?

[unapatriciated]

[bunnies]

1. Dr. Drew. The country needs rehab. nt

[NewHampshireDem]

2. Mr. Pibb!

Oh, wait ... nevermind. :P

[JuniperLea]

3. Uhh heh heh heh!

[lame54]

6. cool - condom on a stick

[JuniperLea]

10. Haha!

And red!

[Sparkly]

4. Dr. Seuss. People listen to Dr. Seuss -- he makes things rhyme.

One pill, two pills,
Red pill, blue pills.

This one helps that little scar.
This one's for that last cigar.
My, what a lot of pills there are!

[leftstreet]

5. Dr. Bombay

[ZombieHorde]

7. Dr. Butcher m.d. (medical deviate)

(the cut version of Zombie Holocaust)

[Forkboy]

8. Xasthur

He just looks the caring type.

[Occam Bandage]

9. I'd choose House, but he'd probably start a war with China to figure out if a patient had bird flu.

[asdjrocky]

11. Not sure.

I know I would not pick someone who seems to be best buddies with big pharma and big medicine.

[bigwillq]

12. Dr. Dean (nt)

[El Supremo]

13. Alan Alda

He played Hawkeye Pierce.

[Rebubula]

14. Dr. Dean

He seemed like the natural choice to me.

Or...some relatively nameless Army doctor with experience in policy management and a good heart.

[Fresh_Start]

15. other how about Dr Dean?

he's medical experience and political experience and has been greatly concerned about the well-being of Americans for a long time

[YOY]

16. Aw...no one picked Doctor Phil!!!

"You can order a peperoni pizza but you can't ask the delivery boy to shine your tapioca!"

I love that man's unless Texan folksyisms.

[T Wolf]

17. WHo will look best in that spiffy uniform? Epaulettes are so cool. nt

[Ian David]

18. Other: Stephen Barrett, M.D

Stephen Barrett, M.D., Biographical Sketch

Stephen Barrett, M.D., a retired psychiatrist who resides near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has achieved national renown as an author, editor, and consumer advocate. In addition to heading Quackwatch, he is vice-president of the National Council Against Health Fraud, a scientific advisor to the American Council on Science and Health, and a Fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP). In 1984, he received an FDA Commissioner's Special Citation Award for Public Service in fighting nutrition quackery. In 1986, he was awarded honorary membership in the American Dietetic Association. From 1987 through 1989, he taught health education at The Pennsylvania State University. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America and received the 2001 Distinguished Service to Health Education Award from the American Association for Health Education.



Photo by Lance Richardson

An expert in medical communications, Dr. Barrett operates 23 Web sites; edits Consumer Health Digest (a weekly electronic newsletter); is medical editor of Prometheus Books; and has been a peer-review panelist for several top medical journals. He has written more than 2,000 articles and delivered more than 300 talks at colleges, universities, medical schools, and professional meetings. His 50 books include The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America and seven editions of the college textbook Consumer Health: A Guide to Intelligent Decisions. One book he edited, Vitamins and Minerals: Help or Harm?, by Charles Marshall, Ph.D., won the American Medical Writers Association award for best book of 1983 for the general public and became a special publication of Consumer Reports Books. His other classics include Dubious Cancer Treatment, published by the Florida Division of the American Cancer Society; Health Schemes, Scams, and Frauds, published by Consumer Reports Books; The Vitamin Pushers: How the "Health Food" Industry Is Selling America a Bill of Goods, published by Prometheus Books; and Reader's Guide to "Alternative" Health Methods, published by the American Medical Association. His media appearances include Dateline, the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC Prime Time, Donahue, CNN, National Public Radio, and more than 200 radio and television talk show interviews.

More:
http://www.quackwatch.org/10Bio/bio.html


Second choice is Dr. Who.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

19. Andrew Weill would have made a great pick.

He would focus on prevention, be open to alternative therapies, and be watchful of pharma.

[Beacool]

20. House,

but he's too ornery and would offend everybody.

:7