The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and thus a leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federa
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Vivek Hallegere Murthy is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, who served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United S
Surgeon General of the United States
…2009 July 16, 2013 3 years, 255 days – Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak (born 1961) Acting July 17, 2013 December 18, 2014 1 year, 154 days 19 Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy (born 1977) April 22, 2015 April 21, 2017 1 year, 364 days – Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams (born 1965) Acting April 21, 2017 September 5, 2017 137…
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Murthy was sworn in as surgeon general of the United States by Vice President Joe Biden with his father Lakshminarasimha Murthy, fiancée Alice Chen and mother Maithreya Murthy looking on April 22, 2015.
Vivek Murthy with NIH director Francis Collins on July 23, 2015