R. Scott Dingle

Raymond Scott Dingle is a United States Army Lieutenant General, the 45th Surgeon General of the Army, and Commanding General, United States Army Medical Command. Dingle graduated from Morgan State University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology and has previously served as the Commanding General of Regional Health Command - Atlantic.

Dingle became acting United States Army Surgeon General after the July 19, 2019 retirement of Lieutenant General Nadja Y. West. He was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and permanent assignment as the U.S. Army Surgeon General on July 22, 2019 and confirmed by the Senate on September 26, 2019. Dingle was officially promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General on October 17, 2019 by the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General James C. McConville.