Obama nominates Indian-American Vivek Murthy for Surgeon General

“Indian-Americans have made many important contributions to American society, including in the medical field, and it is great to see another well-qualified leader rise in government,” Mr. Crowley said in a statement.



The Surgeon General serves a four-year term and is the administration's top official on public health issues.

“We share a belief that access to quality health care is a basic human right,” Brigham president Dr. Betsy Nabel said in a statement about Dr. Murthy.

“I am confident that he will be a passionate advocate and that he will have an extraordinary impact as our nation's Surgeon General, he said.