Vivek Murthy
Vivek Murthy | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States | |
| In office March 5, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Erica Schwartz Denise Hinton |
| Preceded by | Susan Orsega (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Denise Hinton (acting) |
| In office April 22, 2015 – April 21, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Deputy | Sylvia Trent-Adams |
| Preceded by | Boris Lushniak (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sylvia Trent-Adams (acting) |
| Co-Chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board | |
| In office November 9, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vivek Hallegere Murthy 10 July 1977 Huddersfield, England, UK |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (MD, MBA) |
| Awards | Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship |
| Uniformed service | |
| Service | U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps |
| Years of service | 2015-2017 2021–2025 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
Vivek Hallegere Murthy (born July 10, 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 descent, and during his first term as surgeon general was the youngest active duty flag officer in federal uniformed service.
Murthy co-chaired President-elect Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board from November 2020 to January 2021, alongside former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David A. Kessler and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith. On December 7, Biden announced Murthy would return to the role of U.S. surgeon general. The United States Senate confirmed Murthy to the role on March 23, 2021, by a vote of 57–43. In October 2022, Biden nominated Murthy to be the U.S. representative on the World Health Organization's executive board.