Jerome Adams
Executive Director of Health Equity, Purdue University; 20th U.S. Surgeon General
Jerome Adams is the executive director of health equity and a distinguished professor at Purdue University. He is also a practicing anesthesiologist at Indiana University School of Medicine. Adams served as United States Surgeon General from 2017 to 2021 and as Indiana State Health Commissioner from 2014 to 2017.
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