As per our current Database, Regina Benjamin is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Regina Benjamin is 67 years, 6 months and 7 days old. Regina Benjamin will celebrate 68rd birthday on a Saturday 26th of October 2024. Below we countdown to Regina Benjamin upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Regina Benjamin |
Occupation | Doctor |
Age | 67 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
Born | October 26, 1956 (Alabama) |
Birthday | October 26 |
Town/City | Alabama |
Nationality | Alabama |
Regina Benjamin’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Regina Benjamin was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Doctor who, in 2009, was appointed as the United States' eighteenth Surgeon General. She had previously served in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service.
She attended New Orleans' Xavier University, the Morehouse School of Medicine, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
After opening a medical practice in Alabama, she returned to school (Tulane University) to earn an MBA degree. Her business expertise enabled her to transform her medical practice into the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, an organization serving eastern Alabama's underprivileged.
After becoming Surgeon General, she spoke in favor of widespread healthcare reform, citing her brother's death from HIV, her mother's death from lung cancer, and her father's passing as the result of diabetes as examples of the healthcare system's failure to prevent and treat common diseases.
She served as Surgeon General under the presidential administration of Barack Obama.