DR. VIVEK H. MURTHY served as the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States. As Vice Admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,000 public health officers. Dr. Murthy has drawn attention to critical, underappreciated health issues, including the epidemic of loneliness, the impact of social media on youth mental health, parental mental health and well-being, and health worker burnout. In 2020, he published Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World. Dr. Murthy’s 2025 “Parting Prescription to America” laid out a vision for rebuilding community as the key to health, happiness, and fulfillment. Raised in Miami, Dr. Murthy graduated from Harvard College and received his MD from the Yale School of Medicine and his MBA from the Yale School of Management. He trained in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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