Rear Admiral (RADM) Paul Jung is a career officer in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, currently serving as the Deputy Surgeon General. He has held previous assignments as Chief Medical Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard, Associate Director of Peace Corps, professional staff for the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee and held leadership positions at the National Institutes of Health, the Indian Health Service, and the Health Resources and Services Administration.

RADM Jung has over 30 years of experience in health policy, health care reform, international health, health professional workforce issues, and preventive medicine. He graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, completed residencies in internal medicine at MetroHealth Medical Center of Case Western Reserve University and preventive medicine at Emory University, and earned his master's degree in public health as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Johns Hopkins University. RADM Jung is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.