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AAPi hails appointment of dr. Vivek Murthy to lead

Covid task Force by President-elect Joe Biden

Our Bureau

Washington, DC

r. Vivek Murthy’s ap-
pointment by Presi-
Ddent-Elect Joe Biden
to co-chair the Task Force on
Corona Virus is highly critical,
timely, and much needed,” Dr.
Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, Pres-
ident of American Association
of Physicians of Indian Origin
(AAPI) said here today. While
praising the appointment of
the Task Force to be the very
first major announcement by and other immediate action,”
the new administration led by Dr. Jonnalagadda said. ‘That
President-Elect Biden and Vice is the reality for now, and for
President-Elect Kamala Har- the next few months. The an-
ris, Dr. Jonnalagadda described nouncement of the Task Force
the choice of Dr. Murthy to by Biden promises the chance
chair and Dr. Atul Gawande to change that in the coming
as a member of the Task Force, weeks and months.”
as “cementing the reputation “President-Elect Biden has
physicians of Indian origin have made the right choice in nam-
across America.” ing the two highly qualified
President-elect Joe Biden has physicians of Indian origin to
turned to three prominent physi- serve on the most important
cians to lead his coronavirus task panel to combat the pandemic
force who have collectively sig- and suggest ways to fight and 240,000 in the US alone,” said Obama in 2014.”
naled that they will approach contain the spread of the virus,” Dr. Anupama Gotimukula, “Dr. Vivek Murthy’s ap-
the pandemic far differently said Dr. Sajani Shah, Chair of President-Elect of AAPI, that pointment to the Task Force
than the Trump administra- AAPI’s BOT. represents over 100,000 phy- brings new energy in the fight
tion, which they have criticized Dr. Vivek Murthy, co-chair, sicians of Indian origin in the against Covid-19. We at AAPI,
for mixing politics with science. was the U.S. surgeon general United States. look forward to working closely
A top Biden aide announced from 2014-17, who command- Dr. Ravi Kolli, Vice Presi- with Dr. Murthy and his team
on Sunday, November 8th the ed public health force that dent of AAPI, stated that with to end this deadly pandem-
two co-chairs of the incoming dealt with Ebola, Zika and Dr. Murthy leading the Task ic,” said Dr. Satheesh Kathula,
administration’s task force: Flint water crisis. Dr. Atul Ga- Force on the pandemic, he is Treasurer of AAPI.
Vivek Murthy, the former U.S. wande. Professor of surgery at “looking forward to bringing Murthy, 43, who served
surgeon general, and David Brigham and Women’s Hos- the experience and perspective as the 19th Surgeon Gener-
Kessler, the former commis- pital and at Harvard Medical of real experts and doctors to al of the United States during
sioner of the Food and Drug School, has served as a senior the table. His ethics, quiet lead- Obama Administration from
Administration. Murthy and adviser in the Department of ership style and impeccable December 2014 to April 2017,
Kessler were outspoken during Health and Human Services in credentials make him the smart said Americans need a leader
the 2020 campaign about the the Clinton administration. choice for this leadership role.” who works with the people for
need for the FDA to avoid the “We are proud of Dr. Vivek “Dr. Vivek Murthy rep- the progress of the country. Dr.
perception of political interfer- Murthy and his many accom- resents the next generation of Murthy’s commitment to med-
ence in evaluating and approv- plishments and look forward to Indian American physicians,” icine and health began early
ing a Covid-19 vaccine. supporting him throughout the Dr. Amith Chakrabarty, Secre- in life. The son of immigrants
“America is still losing process, as the nation and the tary of AAPI said. “Dr. Mur- from India, he discovered the
over 1,000 people a day from entire world seeks to find best thy was America’s youngest-ev- art of healing watching his par-
COVID-19, and that number possible solutions to tackle the er top doctor, and he was also ents - Hallegere and Myetri-
is rising -- and is expected to pandemic that has taken the the first surgeon general of In- ae Murthy - treat patients like
continue to get worse unless lives of over a million people dian-American descent, when family in his father’s medical
we make progress on masking around the world and nearly appointed by President Barack clinic in Miami, Florida.

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