Dr David Satcher is the Director, Center of Excellence on Health Disparities, Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health, Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta , Georgia.and the 16th Surgeon General of the United States .

Dr. Satcher completed his four-year term as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States in February 2002. He also served as Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services from February 1998 to January 2001, making him only the second person in history to have held both positions simultaneously. He was also Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 1993 to 1998 and was the first person to serve as Director of the CDC and Surgeon General of the United States .

From December 2004 to July 2006 Dr. Satcher served as the Interim President of the Morehouse School of Medicine. In recognition of his accomplishments as Interim President the board voted to change his title to President in May of 2006 and to approve the development of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine. In January 2002, Dr. Satcher was named the Director of the new National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) at the Morehouse School of Medicine – a position that he held until becoming Interim President. Before assuming this post, he served as a Senior Visiting Professor with the Kaiser Family Foundation for six months.

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