Call To Action: Tell the Senate to confirm our Surgeon General
Things you can do right now:
1. Sign and forward this petition
2. Please call your Senator and ask them to vote to confirm Dr. Murthy as our Surgeon General. Find your Senator here
3. Spread the word on social media. Tweet re #TopDocNow. Follow @StandWithVM
Why we need your help:
Vivek Murthy MD MBA has been officially nominated to be the US Surgeon General by the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) committee with bipartisan support, but he can not be confirmed without a majority Senate vote.
The nation has been waiting for months for this vote. In fact, we haven't had a Surgeon General since July 2013. From Ebola to Obesity, we are in the midst of innumerable health crises. It is beyond vital that we have a Surgeon General who can mobilize the public and the medical community to take the critical actions our health and survival depend on.
Many of us know Dr. Murthy well. Our time overlapped at both Yale Medical School and Internal Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health residency at the Brigham & Women's Hospital. In fact, I followed in Vivek's footsteps because I know of no finer person, doctor, leader. Everyone who has had the good fortune to know Vivek feels the same way. I mean everyone.
You can learn more about Dr. Murthy here as well as in countless articles written about him this past year. He has overwhelming support from hundreds of medical groups and millions of people who know of him. But he needs your support. The Senate must and should respond to the needs of the public. So they need to hear from you.