Clive Phillips Feb 26, 2016:

Surgeon Rear Admiral For a British readership, Lancashireman's answer is the correct one. In the UK, the Royal Navy Medical Service is currently commanded by Surgeon Rear Admiral Alasdair J Walker QHS who is double-hatted: Medical Director General (Naval) and Chief Naval Medical Officer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service

An Admiralstabsarzt is to be found in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr and is an OF-7 two-star (NATO equivalent rank), equating to Konteradmiral elsewhere in the German Navy and to Rear Admiral (Upper Half) in foreign navies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Medical_Service_(Germany...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Navy#Officers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_admiral#Germany

The rank of the 'Stellvertretender Inspekteur des Zentralen Sanitätsdiensts der Bundeswehr' is Generalstabsarzt. He reports to a Generaloberstabsarzt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Medical_Service_(Germany...

philgoddard Feb 25, 2016:

It's Admiralstab + Arzt:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Imperial_Admiralty_Sta...

Jonathan MacKerron Feb 25, 2016:

"Admiralstabsarzt (Navy Surgeon)" How about this? I made now mention of "2 stars"

Lancashireman Feb 25, 2016:

Target readership Ranks in the armed forces are never going to satisfy readers on both sides of the Atlantic. The 'military' element in your proposal, Jonathan, is not service specific (i.e. makes no reference to the navy). And regarding your preferred answer below, we don't have 'two-star' generals/admirals in the UK.

Jonathan MacKerron Feb 25, 2016:

for Stabarzt my military dictionary claims "captain (med.)".
Probably not an Admiral, more likely a captain in the service of Admirality staff.
Ines' "military surgeon" sounds like a safe bet = "Admiralstabsarzt (military surgeon)"