Chicago, IL, May 1, 2024: The Directors and staff of the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) congratulate ABPM Director Paul “PJ” Jung, MD, MPH, on his recent appointment as the Chief Medical Officer of the United States Coast Guard. Additionally, Dr. Jung will be promoted to Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral, Upper Half) in the U.S. Public Health Service when he assumes his new duties in July 2024.

Dr. Jung has held numerous positions throughout his career, including Director of the Division of Medicine and Dentistry in the Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Investigator with the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Medical Officer in the Office of the Surgeon General, and Associate Director of the Peace Corps.

“The Directors of ABPM’s Board are among the top professionals in their fields and Dr. Jung is a prime example of a highly skilled physician leader,” said Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM. “I join my colleagues on the Board in their hearty congratulations for this well-deserved recognition of Dr. Jung’s accomplishments.”

Dr. Jung joined ABPM’s Board in August 2023 and is certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.

The ABPM is an ABMS Member Board. Founded in 1948, ABPM works with the ABMS in the development of standards for the ongoing assessment and certification of over 12,000 physicians certified by the ABPM in the specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine; and in the subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.