The American Association or Nurse Practitioners
® (AANP) applauds the appointment of Rear Admiral Susan Orsega,
MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, to the position of Acting U.S. Surgeon General. Orsega, a nurse practitioner (NP) and AANP Fellow, has served as the Director of Commissioned Corps Headquarters (CCHQ) at the Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since March 2019. In her current role, she directs the personnel, operations, deployment and policy for 6,100 members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, as well as development of the Reserve Corps. She is responsible for CCHQ s operations in the COVID-19 deployment of officers.