Eleanor Mariano

Eleanor Mariano
Eleanor Mariano
Nickname	Connie
Born	1955 (age 55–56) Cavite City, Philippines
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1977 - 2001
Rank	Rear Admiral (Lower Half)[1]
Commands held	White House Medical Unit

Eleanor Concepcion "Connie" Mariano is a Filipino-American physician and former flag officer in the United States Navy. She is the first Filipino-American and graduate of the Uniformed Services University of Medicine to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy as well as the first woman to be the director of the White House Medical Unit.

Background

Mariano was born at the Sangley Point Naval Base in Cavite City, Philippines in 1955. Two years later, her parents arrived in the United States. Her father served in the navy as a steward and eventually retired with the rank of Master Chief. Mariano was the valedictorian of her Mar Vista High School, Imperial Beach, California, class of 1973. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego's Revelle College with cum laude honors and a degree in biology. Mariano joined the U.S. Navy in 1977 and received a medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of Medicine in 1981.

Mariano was nominated to the rank of Rear Admiral by President Bill Clinton and eventually served as the White House Physician for President Clinton and President George W. Bush.

In 2001, Dr. Mariano retired from the Navy and left the White House to join the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was succeeded as White House Physician by Richard Tubb. In 2005, she went on to found the Center for Executive Medicine in Scottsdale.

Hawaii State Senator Will Espero, (D-20) submitted Mariano's name to President Barack Obama for the position of Surgeon General of the United States in May 2009.^[2]

She is the author of the book The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents - A Memoir. With a foreword from Bill Clinton, the autobiographical book takes a look at the personal lives of the three American Presidents and three American First Ladies she had taken care of while working as a Physician to the President.^[3]

Connie Mariano supports National Youth Leadership Forum.

See also

• Women in the United States Navy
• Cristeta Comerford

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	United States Navy portal

Notes

1. ^ "FLAG OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT". U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs). May 25, 2000. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=2460. Retrieved May 24, 2009. "Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced today that the President has nominated Navy Captain Eleanor C. Mariano, Medical Corps, for appointment to the grade of rear admiral (lower half)." 
2. ^ Rapoza, Richard (May 7, 2009). "Hawaii Senator Will Espero Submits Name of Rear Admiral (Ret). Eleanor 'Connie' Mariano for Surgeon General of the United States". Hawaii Reporter. http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?9a7b6f02-9ebe-44bb-9fa4-f54e1e0bc7fe. Retrieved 2009-05-11. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Her Patients Were Presidents, Filipino Reporter, Year XXXVIII, No. 19, National Edition, New York City, April 16–22, 2010, pages 1 and 6.

External links

• President's Physician Biography
• Center for Executive Medicine
• Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association
• Campaign Contributions
• The White House Doctor Book

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Name	Mariano, Eleanor
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Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	Cavite City, Philippines
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