President Biden is expected to choose a nurse as an interim general surgeon after President Trump
Donald TrumpSchumer: The impeachment trial will be swift, it doesn’t need many witnesses Nurse to be chosen by Biden as interim general surgeon: Schumer report asks Biden to declare climate emergency MOREThe surgeon general was asked to resign last week, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The newly appointed president plans to appoint Susan Orsega, a nurse and officer in the United States Public Health Service, as one of the first nurses to fulfill this role, two people with knowledge of her choice told the Post. A source said Biden could choose Orsega to act on Tuesday.
The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
Jerome Adams
Jerome AdamsJudge drops case against former surgeon general over alleged violation of virus restrictions The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden takes office, calls for an end to ‘uncivil war’ Surgeon general Jerome Adams says Biden’s transition asked him resign MORE, who served as a general surgeon in the Trump administration during the coronavirus pandemic, resigned at Biden’s request and its administration. Erica Schwartz, the deputy surgeon general, decided to retire after not being chosen as an interim general surgeon.
Biden’s nominee to become a general surgeon, Vivek Murthy
Vivek MurthySunday shows – Biden’s agenda, Trump impeachment trial dominate Get collective immunity before next school year ‘an ambitious goal’, says surgeon-general nominated on Sunday preview: All eyes on Biden’s administration to fight coronavirus MORE, still needs to be confirmed by the Senate before taking office. Confirmation hearings for Murthy, who served as a surgeon general during the administration of former President Obama, have not yet been scheduled.
“The committee is ready to go with an aggressive scheduling of hearings as soon as we get organized, with nominations being a top priority,” Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee spokeswoman Madeleine Russak told the Post.
Orsega will not be the first nurse to take the job. Sylvia Trent-Adams served as interim surgeon-general under Trump and Richard Carmona was confirmed as surgeon-general under former President George W. Bush.
His choice would come as the country deals with the coronavirus pandemic that infected more than 25 million in the United States and killed more than 420,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.