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[[File:Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, USPHSSylvia Trent-Adams Official Portrait.jpg|450px|thumb|right]]
The '''Surgeon General''' of the United States is the the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the U.S. government. The current acting '''Surgeon General''' is Sylvia-Trent Adams, who succeeded Vivek Murthy.
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On December 2, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced he was appointing [[Dr. Oz|Dr. Mehmet Oz]] to the role of the '''Surgeon General''', saying, "No one knows this stuff better than the great and powerful Dr. Oz. No one. He’s the best. He’s ‘UGE.”<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/trump-to-appoint-dr-oz-as-surgeon-general/ Trump to Appoint Dr. Oz as Surgeon General]</ref> This is despite Trump suggesting to Gomerblog back in September of 2015 that if he was elected President would nominate [[Jenny McCarthy]] to the post.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/09/surgeon-general-trump/ If Elected, Trump to Appoint Jenny McCarthy as Surgeon General]</ref>
'''The Office of the Surgeon General Under Trent-Adams'''
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#On May 25, 2017, Acting Surgeon General Sylvia Trent-Adams decided to attack to the opioid epidemic by giving the country a "whopping dose" of Narcan, somewhere on the order of 4 million mg x 1 dose.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/05/whopping-dose-narcan/ Surgeon General to Reverse Opioid Epidemic with Whopping Dose of Narcan]</ref>
