Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health

The Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health is a position in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The Undersecretary is the highest official directly responsible for the largest agency within the department, the Veterans Health Administration, commonly called the 'VA'. The position has been frequently held by a licensed physician.

Before 1992, the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health was known as the Chief Medical Director of Veterans Health.

As of May 5, 2020, the position is vacant.[1]

Previous Under Secretaries

On July 6, 2015, David Shulkin was sworn in as Under Secretary for Health, serving in that post until his appointment as Secretary of Veterans Affairs in January 2017. His most recent position before his initial appointment to the Department of Veterans Affairs was serving as President of Morristown Medical Center.[2]

On July 2, 2014, Carolyn M. Clancy was sworn in as Interim Under Secretary.[3]

Dr. Robert Petzel was sworn in on February 18, 2010,[4] and resigned, on 16 May 2014, amid criticism of long appointment waits, treatment delays, and falsification of records.[5][6]

References
  1. "Nominations United States Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs". veterans.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. May 5, 2020. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Secretary Robert L. Wilkie confirmed on 07/23/2018
  2. "David J. Shulkin - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs". va.gov. Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on February 10, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2020. The Honorable Dr. David J. Shulkin is Under Secretary for Health for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. As the Chief Executive of the Veterans Health Administration, Dr. Shulkin leads the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,700 sites of care, serving 8.76 million Veterans each year.
  3. "Carolyn M. Clancy, MD - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs". va.gov. Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2020. Carolyn Clancy, M.D., was named Interim Under Secretary for Health for the Department of Veterans Affairs, on July 2, 2014.
  4. "Robert A. Petzel - Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs". va.gov. Department of Veterans Affairs. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2020. Robert A. Petzel, M.D., was appointed Under Secretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Feb. 18, 2010. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Petzel had served as VA's Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health since May 2009.
  5. Dickson, Patrick (May 16, 2014). "Top VA health official steps down over care scandals". Stars and Stripes. Washington. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2020. Dr. Robert Petzel, Undersecretary for Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs, has resigned amid a firestorm over allegations of fraudulent wait lists for care and a host of other problems at the VA.
  6. Fox News, Top VA health official resigns amid scandal
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