Jerome Adams is the Surgeon General of Indiana. Jerome Adams is an American anesthesiologist who served as the 20th surgeon general of the United States from September 5, 2017, until January 20, 2021.
Jerome Adams is also a former vice admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Prior to his nomination to become Surgeon General of the United States, Jerome Adams served as the Indiana state health commissioner from 2014 to 2017.
His nomination was done by the former president, Donald Trump, and this was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017. As of 2022, Vivek Hallegere Murthy is the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States under Presidents Obama, Trump, and Biden and resumed office on March 25, 2021.
However, Jerome Adams is the Surgeon General who served the Indiana state. He was first appointed by Governor Mike Pence in October 2014 and was later reappointed by Governor Eric Holcomb in 2017. Whilst carrying out his duties, Jerome Adams took a close look at the Public Health Protection and Laboratory Services, Health and Human Services, Health Care Quality and Regulatory, and Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Commissions.
Later on, Jerome Adams became the Secretary of the Indiana State Department of Health’s Executive Board, Chairman of the Indiana State Trauma Care Committee, President of the Healthy Hoosier Foundation, and Co-chairman of the Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative Governing Council.
Jerome Michael Adams was born on September 22, 1974, to Richard and Edrena Adams of Mechanicsville, Maryland. He is an alumnus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Indiana University, Indianapolis (MD), and the University of California, Berkeley (MPH). Jerome Adams is a Catholic and is married to Lacey Adams with three children.