# Vivek Murthy
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Vivek Hallegere Murthy (born July 10, 1977) is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, who served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States from 2015 to 2017 and again from 2021 to 2025, under Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. Murthy is the first surgeon general of Indian descent, and during his first term as surgeon general was the youngest active duty flag officer in federal uniformed service.
Murthy co-chaired President-elect Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board from November 2020 to January 2021, alongside former Food and Drug Administration commissioner David A. Kessler and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith.
Relationships 2.0: An Antidote to Loneliness
When you go to a medical appointment, your doctor may ask you several questions. Do you smoke? Have you been getting exercise? Are you sleeping? But rarely do they ask: are you lonely? U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy believes we are suffering from an epidemic of loneliness. This week, we revisit …
A Social Prescription
Confined to our homes, many of us are experiencing a newfound appreciation for our social relationships. What we may not realize — and what physicians and researchers have only recently started emphasizing — is the importance of these connections to our physical health. This week, we talk with form…
Opposite of Loneliness - September 27, 2026
In 2023, US surgeon general Vivek Murthy declared an “epidemic of loneliness,” a public health crisis impacting over half of US Americans. If there is a cure to this epidemic, might it lie in community and belonging?
Michael Pollan: Are You Losing the Ability to Think for Yourself?
What does it mean to think for yourself in a world that's constantly trying to think for you? And in an age when AI can do more and more for us, what makes human experience valuable?
In this warm and personal conversation, bestselling author Michael Pollan joins Vivek to explore one of life's great…
Sunday Pick: Interview: What happens to your brain without any social contact? with Dr. Vivek Murthy
In this episode, TED Health host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider invites Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, to discuss the ongoing loneliness epidemic.
After the interview, Shoshana shares a TED-Ed talk from Terry Kupers, "What happens to your brain without social co…
Sunday Pick: Interview: What happens to your brain without any social contact? with Dr. Vivek Murthy
In this episode, TED Health host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider invites Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, to discuss the ongoing loneliness epidemic.
After the interview, Shoshana shares a TED-Ed talk from Terry Kupers, "What happens to your brain without social co…
AI Is the New Social Media. Can We Protect Kids This Time?
We’re still reckoning with the effects of social media on young people’s mental health. Now, with artificial intelligence rapidly becoming part of our everyday lives, we’re at risk of making the same mistakes all over again.
In this live conversation from SXSW EDU, Dr. Laurie is joined by Bruce Re…
Raj Panjabi, MD — Safer: A Playbook—Turning Fear into Action and Crisis into Community - with Dr. Vivek Murthy
The essential guide for navigating crisis and uncertainty from the acclaimed physician who led the White House response to the world’s most dangerous health emergencies.
When crisis hits — a sudden illness, a global disruption, or a career upheaval — our instinct is to retreat. Yet decades of resea…
Yung Pueblo: How do you find peace in your hardest moments?
How do you find peace in your hardest moments?
The work of author and meditator Yung Pueblo has helped so many people find a sense of greater peace and equanimity in what can feel like a chaotic and unstable world. His latest book is a workbook called Journey: The Year That Changes Everything.
In t…
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