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The next U.S. Surgeon General could be a hospitalist.
President Obama has nominated Dr. Vivek Murthy, a hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a staunch defender of the Affordable Care Act, to be the nation’s top doctor. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Murthy would replace acting Surgeon General Boris D. Lushniak.
Dr. Murthy is no stranger to politics and has been a strong supporter of President Obama and his health reform efforts since 2008.
Dr. Murthy is the cofounder and president of Doctors for America, a group that was originally launched in 2008 as Doctors for Obama to directly support Mr. Obama’s election.
Over the last few years, Doctors for America has deployed its physician members around the country to argue for the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. The group filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of upholding the ACA’s individual insurance mandate.
During the 2012 campaign, Dr. Murthy was a volunteer adviser to President Obama’s campaign.
In an interview with Hospitalist News in 2012, Dr. Murthy said he wasn’t politically active for most of his life. But in the last few years, he entered politics as a way to push his views on how to reform health care. He said that it is important for physicians to be involved in politics because of their unique view of the health care system.
"As individual physicians and also as leaders in our community, we can play a role in helping to give more voice to the perspective of physicians and patients," he said in the interview. "If these perspectives are missing as our health care system is being redesigned then we’re not going to have a system that ultimately works.
Dr. Murthy also has focused on public health. In 1995, he cofounded VISIONS Worldwide, a nonprofit organization involved in HIV/AIDS education in India and the United States. And in 2011, President Obama appointed him to serve on the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.
If confirmed, Dr. Murthy would serve a 4-year term as Surgeon General.
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Dr. Franklin Michota comments:
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| Dr. Franklin Michota |
As the Nation's Doctor, the Surgeon General provides Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury. Historically, the position has been filled by generalists (including a veterinarian!) with a career focus on public health. But in 2010, the Affordable Care Act designated the Surgeon General as the chair of the newly formed National Prevention Council, which provides coordination and leadership among 20 executive departments with respect to prevention, wellness, and health promotion activities.
Coordination and leadership are hospitalist trademarks.
As long as Congress
approves, it appears that a hospitalist will become the 19th Surgeon General of
the United States.
Best wishes and success to Dr. Vivek Murthy!
Dr. Michota is director of academic affairs in the hospital medicine department at the Cleveland Clinic and medical editor of Hospitalist News.
Dr. Franklin Michota comments:
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| Dr. Franklin Michota |
As the Nation's Doctor, the Surgeon General provides Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury. Historically, the position has been filled by generalists (including a veterinarian!) with a career focus on public health. But in 2010, the Affordable Care Act designated the Surgeon General as the chair of the newly formed National Prevention Council, which provides coordination and leadership among 20 executive departments with respect to prevention, wellness, and health promotion activities.
Coordination and leadership are hospitalist trademarks.
As long as Congress
approves, it appears that a hospitalist will become the 19th Surgeon General of
the United States.
Best wishes and success to Dr. Vivek Murthy!
Dr. Michota is director of academic affairs in the hospital medicine department at the Cleveland Clinic and medical editor of Hospitalist News.
Dr. Franklin Michota comments:
|
| Dr. Franklin Michota |
As the Nation's Doctor, the Surgeon General provides Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury. Historically, the position has been filled by generalists (including a veterinarian!) with a career focus on public health. But in 2010, the Affordable Care Act designated the Surgeon General as the chair of the newly formed National Prevention Council, which provides coordination and leadership among 20 executive departments with respect to prevention, wellness, and health promotion activities.
Coordination and leadership are hospitalist trademarks.
As long as Congress
approves, it appears that a hospitalist will become the 19th Surgeon General of
the United States.
Best wishes and success to Dr. Vivek Murthy!
Dr. Michota is director of academic affairs in the hospital medicine department at the Cleveland Clinic and medical editor of Hospitalist News.
The next U.S. Surgeon General could be a hospitalist.
President Obama has nominated Dr. Vivek Murthy, a hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a staunch defender of the Affordable Care Act, to be the nation’s top doctor. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Murthy would replace acting Surgeon General Boris D. Lushniak.
Dr. Murthy is no stranger to politics and has been a strong supporter of President Obama and his health reform efforts since 2008.
Dr. Murthy is the cofounder and president of Doctors for America, a group that was originally launched in 2008 as Doctors for Obama to directly support Mr. Obama’s election.
Over the last few years, Doctors for America has deployed its physician members around the country to argue for the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. The group filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of upholding the ACA’s individual insurance mandate.
During the 2012 campaign, Dr. Murthy was a volunteer adviser to President Obama’s campaign.
In an interview with Hospitalist News in 2012, Dr. Murthy said he wasn’t politically active for most of his life. But in the last few years, he entered politics as a way to push his views on how to reform health care. He said that it is important for physicians to be involved in politics because of their unique view of the health care system.
"As individual physicians and also as leaders in our community, we can play a role in helping to give more voice to the perspective of physicians and patients," he said in the interview. "If these perspectives are missing as our health care system is being redesigned then we’re not going to have a system that ultimately works.
Dr. Murthy also has focused on public health. In 1995, he cofounded VISIONS Worldwide, a nonprofit organization involved in HIV/AIDS education in India and the United States. And in 2011, President Obama appointed him to serve on the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.
If confirmed, Dr. Murthy would serve a 4-year term as Surgeon General.
On Twitter @MaryEllenNY
The next U.S. Surgeon General could be a hospitalist.
President Obama has nominated Dr. Vivek Murthy, a hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a staunch defender of the Affordable Care Act, to be the nation’s top doctor. If confirmed by the Senate, Dr. Murthy would replace acting Surgeon General Boris D. Lushniak.
Dr. Murthy is no stranger to politics and has been a strong supporter of President Obama and his health reform efforts since 2008.
Dr. Murthy is the cofounder and president of Doctors for America, a group that was originally launched in 2008 as Doctors for Obama to directly support Mr. Obama’s election.
Over the last few years, Doctors for America has deployed its physician members around the country to argue for the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. The group filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of upholding the ACA’s individual insurance mandate.
During the 2012 campaign, Dr. Murthy was a volunteer adviser to President Obama’s campaign.
In an interview with Hospitalist News in 2012, Dr. Murthy said he wasn’t politically active for most of his life. But in the last few years, he entered politics as a way to push his views on how to reform health care. He said that it is important for physicians to be involved in politics because of their unique view of the health care system.
"As individual physicians and also as leaders in our community, we can play a role in helping to give more voice to the perspective of physicians and patients," he said in the interview. "If these perspectives are missing as our health care system is being redesigned then we’re not going to have a system that ultimately works.
Dr. Murthy also has focused on public health. In 1995, he cofounded VISIONS Worldwide, a nonprofit organization involved in HIV/AIDS education in India and the United States. And in 2011, President Obama appointed him to serve on the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.
If confirmed, Dr. Murthy would serve a 4-year term as Surgeon General.
On Twitter @MaryEllenNY
