Ltg horoho biography
- Patricia D. Horoho (née Dallas; born March 21, 1960) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 43rd Surgeon General of the United.
- Horoho became the 23rd Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 2008, receiving a two-grade promotion from Colonel to Major General.
- Patricia D. Horoho is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who served as the 43rd Surgeon General of the United States Army and Commanding General of the United States Army Medical Command.
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Patricia Horoho
Patricia Horoho, Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army and the first woman and first nurse to serve as the Army’s Surgeon General, will discuss how health care can cause harm by sins of commission and omission.
“Primum Non Nocere: ‘Above all, do no harm.’ Harm is present in today’s healthcare system. We need to admit that so that we can fix it. — Patricia Horoho
ABOUT PATRICIA
Lieutenant General Patricia Horoho is the first woman and first nurse Army Surgeon General. Born into a military family, Patricia joined the army herself as an emergency room nurse after training in clinical trauma nursing. Patricia has treated victims in disaster situations from the Green Ramp incident to the September 11 attacks, and was recognized as a Nurse Hero by the Red Cross for her work. Before becoming the Army Surgeon General, Patricia commanded the Army Nurse Corp and was deployed to Afghanistan as a special assistant to the commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command. Patricia is decorated with numerous military
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North Carolina Nursing History
Except of Biographical Sketch from Pollitt & Humphries (2013)
Citation: Pollitt, P.A. & Humphries, A (2013). Nursing in a Time and Place of Peril: Five Heroic North Carolina Nurses. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice,3(9). 176-186.
Patricia Horoho- Pentagon Nurse on 9/11/2001 and Chief of the US Army Nurse Corps e 43rd Surgeon General
“Coming in that morning, I was reading the book God Is My CEO …. I thought this is a wonderful way to start the day and that this is going to be a great day… As I was working, a couple of people in the hallway said that the World Trade Center had been hit. At that time, it (a television) showed the second plane attacking. I watched and this calm feeling came over me and I said, “There’s going to be a series of attacks across the United States … We’re going to be next.” I could just feel in my heart that that was exactly what was going to happen.”
Horoho describing the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 [48]:
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Chief, United States Army Nurse Corps
27 July 2008 - December 2011
Major General Horoho was sworn in as the 23rd Chief of the Army Nurse Corp and Commander, Madigan Army Medical Center and Western Region by Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, the Surgeon General of the United States Army on 11 July 2008 at 1300. MG Horoho relinquished command responsibilities of the Walter Reed Health Care System to Colonel Norvell Coots earlier that morning. The change of command and promotion ceremony took place at Karen Wagner Sports Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. MG Horoho’s nomination was confirmed 27 July 2008 by the Senate.
Major General Horoho holds a BSN degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and a MSN degree as a Clinical Trauma Specialist from the University of Pittsburgh. MG Horoho is also a resident graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces where she earned a second Masters of Science degree in National Resource Strategy.
Major General Horoho’s most recent assignmen
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