The Trump administration asked U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, an Obama administration appointee, to resign his role on Friday and quickly moved his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams, into the role.
The resignation is somewhat unusual. A White House spokesperson told the New York Times that Murthy was asked to leave “after assisting in a smooth transition into the new Trump administration.”
But employees at the Department of Health and Human Services told the Times they were surprised by the unusually abrupt departure. While it's not unprecedented, Murthy's four-year term would have normally ended at the end of this year.
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