Antonia Coello Novello, M.D., (born August 23, 1944) is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as fourteenth Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. Novello is the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General.Novello served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York from 1999 to 2006. Novello was charged in a 20 count indictment on May 12, 2009, in New York with theft of government services, defrauding the government and filing a false instrument. On June 26, 2009, in a plea deal with prosecutors, she pleaded guilty to one charge of filing a false document involving a worker’s duties.
Health Commissioner for the State of New York. She was appointed by Governor George Pataki in 1999. [October 2004]
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Served as Health Commissioner for the State of New York from 1999 to 2007.
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Former United States Surgeon General (March 9, 1990 - June 30, 1993). She was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and is the first woman and the first Hispanic to hold the position.
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Title
Year
Status
Character
Hábitos sanos... Vida sana
2003
TV Movie
Herself - Guest
Last Party 2000
2001
Documentary
Herself (as Dr. Antonia Novella)
To the Contrary
1996-1998
TV Series
Herself - Panelist
Late Night with David Letterman
1993
TV Series
Herself
In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS
1992
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Known for movies
Hábitos sanos... Vida sana (2003) as Herself - Guest
Last Party 2000 (2001) as Herself
In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (1992) as Herself