Jerome M. Adams is an American anesthesiologist and a vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who currently serves as the 20th Surgeon General of the United States. Prior to assuming his current role, he served as the Indiana State Health Commissioner from 2014 to 2017. On June 29, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Adams to become Surgeon General of the United States. Adams was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017. He assumed office on September 5, 2017.
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Early life and education
Adams is the son of Richard and Edrena Adams of Mechanicsville, Maryland, and grew up on the family farm. He attended Chopticon High School, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County, through a full-tuition Meyerhoff Scholarship, a grant dedicated to minority students interested in the sciences. Adams received his BS in biochemistry and his BA in biopsychology. He studied in both the Netherlands and Zimbabwe.
Adams attended medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine as an Eli Lilly and Company Scholar. He also received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2000, with a focus on chronic disease prevention. Adams completed his internship in internal medicine (2002-2003) at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, and his residency in anesthesiology (2003-2006) at Indiana University. He is board certified in anesthesiology.
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Career
Private practice and academia
After two years in private practice at Ball Memorial Hospital, Adams was named Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Indiana University. He has written several academic papers and book chapters, including chapters in Anesthesia Student Survival Guide, A case-based approach, and an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health, "Are Pain Management Questions in Patient Satisfaction Surveys Driving the Opioid Epidemic."
Indiana State Health Commissioner
In October 2014, Adams was appointed Indiana State Health Commissioner, the second African-American to serve in this position. He was originally appointed by Governor Mike Pence and re-appointed by newly elected Governor Eric Holcomb in 2017. In this role, he oversaw the Public Health Protection and Laboratory Services, Health and Human Services, Health Care Quality and Regulatory, and Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commissions; he also served as secretary of Indiana State Department of Health's executive board, as chairman of the Indiana State Trauma Care Committee, as President of the Healthy Hoosier Foundation, and as co-chairman of the Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative Governing Council.
Surgeon General of the United States
On June 29, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Adams as the next Surgeon General of the United States. He was confirmed to the position on August 3, 2017. Upon his confirmation, Adams noted that addressing the opioid epidemic along with untreated mental illness would be two of his major priorities.
Awards and decorations
Media
During his time as Indiana State Health Commissioner, Adams led Indiana's efforts to deal with the largest HIV outbreak related to injection drug use in the history of the United States. This resulted in interviews for Time magazine, NPR, The New York Times, USA Today, and MSNBC.
Personal life
Adams and his wife Lacey have three children, Caden, Eli, and Millie.
References
External links
- Jerome Adams' Twitter
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