Deputy surgeon general

Vivek Murthy

American physician and vice admiral (born 1977)

Vivek Murthy

Official portrait, 2022

In office
March 5, 2021 – January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyErica Schwartz
Denise Hinton
Preceded byJerome Adams
Succeeded byTBD
In office
April 22, 2015 – April 21, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
DeputySylvia Trent-Adams
Preceded byRegina Benjamin
Succeeded byJerome Adams
In office
November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021

Serving with David A. Kessler, Marcella Nunez-Smith

Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Born

Vivek Hallegere Murthy


(1977-07-10) 10 July 1977 (age 47)
Huddersfield, England, UK
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Children2
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (MD, MBA)
AwardsPaul and Daisy Soros Fellowship
Service / branchU.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Years of service2015-2017
2021–2025
RankVice Admiral

Vivek Hallegere

 

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release February 2, 1995

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

Janette Nesheiwat

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]

Early life and education

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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