Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General
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About Vivek Murthy At 37 years old, physician, public health advocate, entrepreneur and grassroots organizer Vivek Murthy is one of the youngest U.S. Surgeon Generals in our nation’s history, and the first one of Indian descent. Prior to his confirmation, he was a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a Hospitalist Attending and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was President and cofounder of Doctors for America, a national grassroots organization of 15,000 medical students and physicians advocating for high-quality and equitable health care. In 2011, Dr. Murthy was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on U.S. Presidential Advisory Council on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health. Dr. Murthy is also cofounder of TrialNetworks, Epernicus and VISIONS.
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- Dr. Vivek Murthy Facebook page
- Innovation Summit at Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins University
Sponsored by the Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins, American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program & Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA, the dynamic one-day conference included interactive panel presentations with influential Olympic athletes, national experts, lunch-time ideation workgroups and a fireside chat with 19th U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy concluding the day.
- Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Facebook posts on TM Quiet Time
Two 11/3/2016 posts and four photos from Murthy's visit to San Francisco Quiet Time schools.
- TEDMED bio and links
- TEDMED talk on Happiness (12 min)
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy discusses the important role happiness plays in our health. (TEDMED, 2015)
- Two years and four months ago, I was honored to be sworn in as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States.
April 21, 2017 Facebook post on his termination as Surgeon General
- Vivek Murthy - 2017 UCSF Commencement Address (23 min)
May 15, 2017. Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, urged UCSF’s graduating medical students to stand up for truth, science and the most vulnerable among us, in a commencement address delivered on May 15. Learn more: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2017/05/407001/former-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-urges-moral-leadership-2017-ucsf
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