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In Dec 2014, the US Senate confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general.
In April 2017, Dr. Vivek Murthy was fired by Donald Trump, & a nurse Sylvia Trent-Adams became acting Surgeon General.
In August 2017, the Senate confirmed Dr. Jerome Adams as the next U.S. Surgeon General. Dr. Adams is an anesthesiologist & former Indiana state health commissioner.
In March 2021 Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, Vice Admiral confirmed as next U.S. Surgeon General
References
- US Department of Health & Human Services
Statement by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell
on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon
General.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2014pres/12/20141215a.html
- NEJM JWatch Editors.
Nurse Becomes Acting Surgeon General
Physician's First Watch, April 24, 2017
David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief
Massachusetts Medical Society
http://www.jwatch.org