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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: C. Everett Koop—A Rebel Public Health Official?
Description: Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop was a towering figure in the  world of public health. A pediatric surgeon with deeply held religious  convictions, Koop was an iconoclast willing to challenge the accepted  wisdom of both major political parties when their platforms contradicted  the evidence. What could public health officials today learn from  Koop's example?
Join host Cameron English as he sits down Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and ACSH contributor Barbara Pfeffer Billauer  to break down these stories on episode 31 of the Science Dispatch podcast:
Icons of Public Health Leadership: The Story of C. Everett Koop
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