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*as of ’27 august 2021’* –>
*VIVEK MURTHY*
(biden appointee)
(democrat)
*’25 MARCH 2021′ – ‘PRESENT’*
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*JEROME ADAMS”
(trump appointee)
(republican)
(served in the first months of biden presidency)
(democrat / republican)
(‘5 SEPTEMBER 2017′ – ’25 MARCH 2021’)
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*VIVEK MURTHY*
(’18 december 2014′ – ’21 april 2017′)
(obama appointee)
(replaced by trump)
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*the ‘surgeon general’ of the ‘united states’ is the ‘operational head’ of the ‘USA PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONED CORPS’ (‘PHSCC’)*
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(…and thus the ‘leading spokesperson’ on matters of ‘public health’ in the ‘federal government’ of the ‘united states’)
(the surgeon general’s office + staff are known as the *office of the ‘surgeon general’* (OSG))
The U.S. Surgeon General is nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.
(the Surgeon General serves a four-year term of office and, depending on whether or not the current Assistant Secretary for Health is a PHSCC commissioned officer, is either the senior or next most senior uniformed officer of the PHSCC, holding the rank of a ‘vice admiral’)
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(the ‘surgeon general’ is ‘vivek murthy’, who was confirmed on ’15 december 2014′)
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