Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health
In office June 1999 – December 31, 2006
Governor
George Pataki
Preceded by
Dennis P. Whalen (Acting)
Succeeded by
Richard F. Daines
14th Surgeon General of the United States
In office March 9, 1990 – June 30, 1993
President
George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton
Preceded by
James Mason (Acting)
Succeeded by
Robert Whitney (Acting)
Personal details
Born
(1944-08-23) August 23, 1944 (age 79) Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Political party
Republican
Education
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras (BS) University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (MD) Johns Hopkins University (MPH)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Rank
Vice admiral
Unit
USPHS Commissioned Corps
Antonia Coello Novello (born August 23, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General. Novello also served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York from 1999 to 2006. Novello has received numerous awards including more than fifty honorary degrees, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000, and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.[1] Her memoir, Duty Calls: Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service, was published in 2024.[2]
^"Antonia Novello". National Academy of Medicine.
^Duty Calls: Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service. Fulcrum Publishing. 2024. ISBN 9781682754474. (with Jill S. Tietjen)
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unethical and socially irresponsible. In 1991, U.S. Surgeon General AntoniaNovello criticized all alcoholic beverage companies for "unabashedly targeting...
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Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
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March 9, 1990 159 days George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) 14 Vice Admiral AntoniaNovello (born 1944) March 9, 1990 June 30, 1993 3 years, 113 days – Rear Admiral...
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Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
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the first Hispanic Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Vice Admiral AntoniaNovello, M.D., Public Health Service Commissioned Corps – in 1990, became the...
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Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...
Frances Wisebart Jacobs Susette La Flesche Louise McManus Maria Mitchell AntoniaNovello Linda Richards Wilma Rudolph Betty Bone Schiess Muriel Siebert Nettie...