AMA presents government service award to Air Force surgeon general

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WASHINGTON — The American Medical Association (AMA) presented Lt. Gen. Mark Ediger, M.D., Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force, with the Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service.

Dr. Ediger has held many leadership roles since joining the Air Force in 1985, including as senior medical commander in the Air Force’s only special operations wing as it responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was the Air Force component lead for joint medical support for thousands of wounded, ill and injured service members moved through Germany from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. An advocate for data and technology and their potential to assist patients and physicians, Dr. Ediger integrated Air Force medical analytics into a new performance management process and was instrumental in forming requirements for the Department of Defense electronic health record and data management strategy.

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