Actions, such as the designation of National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, spring from First Lady Michelle Obama’s leadership of efforts to end childhood obesity within this generation. Richard Carmona Read Quote
As a father, physician and nurse, I have a special place in my heart for children, and I know the brief window of opportunity we have to teach them simple lessons that can lead to a lifetime of good health. Richard Carmona Read Quote
As 17th U.S. Surgeon General, I was privileged to serve as the nation’s doctor. I focused much of my time on promoting proven programs and individual steps that lead to good health. Richard Carmona Read Quote
Do any of us actually want to live in a world where your boss can decide that he or she is morally opposed to mental health care? What if your employer was morally opposed to getting x-rays or antibiotics? How about just being forced to disclose your private medical information to your employer? Richard Carmona Read Quote
Trying to block women from getting access to contraception or defunding Planned Parenthood is completely nonsensical from a policy standpoint. Richard Carmona Read Quote
Whenever I’ve had to make a major decision as a doctor, cop or for a company I’ve worked for, I ask myself: What is the value proposition here? Will my decision bring added value to the population I have the privilege to serve? Richard Carmona Read Quote
When I came home after my statutory term as surgeon general, I just resumed my life here in southern Arizona. Teaching at the university; my law enforcement career. Sitting on some boards. All the things I did before. Richard Carmona Read Quote
I’ve had opportunities before to run for office – the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn’t feel it was my calling… I felt, ‘Well, I’m flattered, but I really would rather stay and be the doctor of the nation and stay as surgeon general.’ Richard Carmona Read Quote
The average person doesn’t understand what a stem cell is. There’s a lack of health literacy in our nation. So the public can’t really get into this dialogue because they don’t understand the complexity of stem cells, not the faith-based approach, not the ideological or political, but the science behind stem cells. Richard Carmona Read Quote
