Vivek Murthy
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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
Official portrait, 2022
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
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
Vivek Murthy
…1977) 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 States from 2015 to 2017 and again from 2021 to 2025, under Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. Murthy is the first surgeon general of Indian…
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