HHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Indiana’s top doctor could soon become the nation’s surgeon general.
President Trump on Thursday [6-29-17] nominated Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams to serve as the next surgeon general.
Adams was appointed to his current position 2½ years ago by Vice President Mike Pence, at the time Indiana’s governor.
While Adams declined interviews through a Health and Human Services spokesman, he tweeted Thursday that he was grateful for the opportunity.
During his time in office, Adams presided over a major health crisis — an HIV outbreak in Scott County associated with intravenous drug use that eventually stretched to more than 200 cases. Although Pence had first expressed reservations about needle exchange programs, the state’s response eventually included such a program among other measures.
People who have worked in Indiana with Adams praised him for his tireless energy as well as his finely honed people skills and ability to listen.”
-Shari Rudavsky, “Trump nominates Indiana doctor for surgeon general,” USA Today, June 30, 2017 01:54am