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Barack Obama Intends To Nominate Indian-American His Surgeon General
Friday, 15 November 2013, 22:54 IST
Washington: U.S. President Barack Obama has announced his intention to nominate Indian-American Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy as his next Surgeon General.
Co-Founder and President of Doctors for America, Dr Murthy is a Hospitalist Attending Physician and Instructor in Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School.
Obama announced his intention to nominate Dr Murthy to the top administration position along with several other nominations.
"I am confident that these outstanding individuals will greatly serve the American people in their new roles and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come," Obama said in a statement.
The move has been hailed by the influential Indian-American physician community.
In 2011, Murthy was appointed as a member of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.
He has been the co-founder and chairman of the board of TrialNetworks, formerly known as Epernicus, since 2007. Murthy also co-founded Visions Worldwide in 1995, a non-profit organisation focused on HIV/AIDS education in India and the United States, where he served as president from 1995 to 2000 and chairman of the board from 2000 to 2003.
He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, an MBA from Yale School of Management, and MD from Yale School of Medicine.
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Co-Founder and President of Doctors for America, Dr Murthy is a Hospitalist Attending Physician and Instructor in Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School.
Obama announced his intention to nominate Dr Murthy to the top administration position along with several other nominations.
"I am confident that these outstanding individuals will greatly serve the American people in their new roles and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come," Obama said in a statement.
The move has been hailed by the influential Indian-American physician community.
In 2011, Murthy was appointed as a member of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.
He has been the co-founder and chairman of the board of TrialNetworks, formerly known as Epernicus, since 2007. Murthy also co-founded Visions Worldwide in 1995, a non-profit organisation focused on HIV/AIDS education in India and the United States, where he served as president from 1995 to 2000 and chairman of the board from 2000 to 2003.
He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, an MBA from Yale School of Management, and MD from Yale School of Medicine.
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Source: PTI
