Navy Surgeons General & Chiefs of BUMED

Chiefs of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

I. William P.C. Barton (1842-1844)
II. Thomas Harris (1844-1853)
III. William Whelan (1853-1865)
IV. Phineas J. Horwitz (1865-1869)
V. William M. Wood (1869-1871)*

Surgeons General of the U.S. Navy

1. William M. Wood (1869-1871)
2. Jonathan M. Foltz (1871-1872)
3. James C. Palmer (1872-1873)
4. Joseph Beale (1873-1877)
5. William Grier (1877-1878)
6. J. Winthrop Taylor (1878-1879)
7. Philip S. Wales (1879-1884)
8. Francis M. Gunnell (1884-1888)
9. James M. Browne(1888-1893)
10. James R. Tryon (1893-1897)
11. Newton L. Bates (1 October 1897-18 October 1897)
12. William K. Van Reypen (1897-1902)
13. Presley M. Rixey (1902-1910)
14. Charles F. Stokes (1910-1914)
15. William C. Braisted (1914-1920)
16. Edward R. Stitt (1920-1928)
17. Charles E. Riggs (1928-1933)
18. Percival S. Rossiter (1933-1938)
19. Ross T. McIntire (1938-1946)
20. Clifford A. Swanson (1946-1951)
21. H. Lamont Pugh (1951-1955)
22. Bartholomew W. Hogan (1955-1961)
23. Edward C. Kenney (1961-1965)
24. Robert B. Brown (1965-1969)
25. George M. Davis (1969-1973)
26. Donald L. Custis (1973-1976)
27. Willard P. Arentzen (1976-1980)
28. J. William Cox (1980-1983)
29. Lewis H. Seaton (1983-1987)
30. James A. Zimble (1987-1991)
31. Donald F. Hagen (1991-1995)
32. Harold M. Koenig (1995-1998)
33. Richard A. Nelson (1998-2001)
34. Michael L. Cowan (2001-2004)
35. Donald C. Arthur (2004-2007)
36. Adam M. Robinson, Jr. (2007 - 2011)

* Title of Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy created 3 March 1871. All Surgeons General hold the secondary title of Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) . Wood is the fifth Chief of BUMED and first Surgeon General