Deputy surgeon general
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Vivek Murthy
American physician and vice admiral (born 1977)
Vivek Murthy | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| In office March 5, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Erica Schwartz Denise Hinton |
| Preceded by | Jerome Adams |
| Succeeded by | TBD |
| In office April 22, 2015 – April 21, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Sylvia Trent-Adams |
| Preceded by | Regina Benjamin |
| Succeeded by | Jerome Adams |
| In office November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021 Serving with David A. Kessler, Marcella Nunez-Smith | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Born | Vivek Hallegere Murthy (1977-07-10) 10 July 1977 (age 47) Huddersfield, England, UK |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (MD, MBA) |
| Awards | Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship |
| Service / branch | U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps |
| Years of service | 2015-2017 2021–2025 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
Vivek Hallegere THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary BIOGRAPHY OF SURGEON GENERAL NOMINEE HENRY W. FOSTER JR., M.D. Henry W. Foster Jr., 61 years old, is a practicing gynecologist and medical educator who is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading authorities on reducing infant mortality and preventing teen pregnancy and drug abuse. Currently on a one-year sabbatical from Meharry Medical College, where he has served as dean of the school of medicine and acting president, Dr. Foster has been scholar-in-residence at the Association of Academic Health Centers in Washington, D.C., since July 1994. The position as scholar-in-residence is the latest in a string of awards and honors to Dr. Foster that include induction into the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; the Appreciation Award for Research and Teaching on Sickle Cell Anemia from Tuskegee University; and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Science and Technology from the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Un American physician Janette Nesheiwat (born 25 August 1976)[1] is an American physician who is the nominee for United States surgeon general.[2] Nesheiwat has served as the medical director of CityMD[3] and is a former medical contributor on Fox News.[4] Janette Nesheiwat was born in Carmel, New York,[5] the daughter of Christian Jordanian immigrants.[6] She is one of five children; her siblings are Julia Nesheiwat, Jaclyn Stapp, Dina Nesheiwat, and Daniel Nesheiwat.[7] In 1982, Nesheiwat's family relocated from New York to Umatilla, Florida.[7] In 1990, when she was 13, Nesheiwat accidentally knocked over a fishing tackle box and a handgun inside that had fallen with the tackle box discharged. The gun killed her father Ziad Nesheiwat in what police described as a "freak accident." Janette Nesheiwat and her four siblings were then raised by her mother Hayat Nesheiwat, a pediatric nurse. Nesheiwat says her father's death and her mother motivated
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For Immediate Release February 2, 1995 •
Janette Nesheiwat
Early life and education
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