Trump Nominates Indiana Doctor As New Surgeon General

President Donald Trump has nominated Jerome Adams, M.D., Indiana's State Health Commissioner, as the United States' new Surgeon General. Adams, if appointed, will replace former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., who was fired by the current administration in April.

As Indiana's health commissioner, Adams led efforts in support of what he believed to be life-saving syringe exchange programs for the state. Previous to accepting his appointment as Indiana's health commissioner in 2014, Adams had served at the Indiana University School of Medicine as a staff anesthesiologist and assistant professor of anesthesia.

If Adams' nomination . . .