Jerome Adams

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Jerome Adams (2019)

Jerome Michael Adams (born September 22, 1974 in Saint Mary's County , Maryland ) is an American specialist in anesthesiology and has served as Surgeon General of the United States as head of the United States Public Health Service since September 2017 .

Life

Adams grew up in Mechanicsville , Maryland and attended Chopticon Public High School. Adams earned bachelor's degrees in biochemistry and biopsychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County ; he received a Masters in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley .

His medical degree at Indiana University was supported by a scholarship from Eli Lilly and Company . He completed his internship year in internal medicine between 2002 and 2003 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis . The subsequent medical training as anesthetist (2003-2006) he also completed at Indiana University .

In 2014 he became Indiana State Health Commissioner . Initially appointed by then Governor Mike Pence , Adams was confirmed in this office by the newly elected Governor Eric Holcomb in 2017, which he held until September of the same year.

On June 29, 2017, Adams was nominated for the office of Surgeon General of the United States by President Donald Trump . The United States Senate ratified him on August 3 of the same year. He took office on September 5, 2017. As Surgeon General of the United States, he has the rank of Vice Admiral .

He is married and has three children.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nominee Report | US Office of Government Ethics . Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ Jana Carpenter: Jerome M. Adams (1974–) , BlackPast.org, March 28, 2020, accessed April 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ Jessica Wapner: Who is Jerome Adams? Trump's surgeon general pick battled an HIV outbreak with clean needles in Indiana. In: newsweek.com. July 6, 2017, accessed March 16, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ ISDH: State Health Commissioner. In: in.gov. Archived from the original on April 7, 2017 ; Retrieved March 16, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Andrew Joseph: Jerome Adams nominated as new US surgeon general. In: statnews.com. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017 (American English).
  6. ^ President Trump nominates Indiana Health Commissioner Jerome Adams for US Surgeon General. In: fox59.com. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017 (American English).
  7. ↑ Susan Scutti: Dr. Jerome Adams confirmed as surgeon general. In: cnn.com . August 4, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017 (American English).
  8. ↑ Susan Scutti: New surgeon general: Dr. Jerome Adams confirmed - CNN. In: edition.cnn.com. August 4, 2017, accessed March 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Adams, Jerome
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, Jerome Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Doctor, United States Sanitary Inspector
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Mary's County