Governor appoints new Commissioner of Indiana State Department of Health
Posted: Oct 9, 2014 10:16 AM EDT | Updated: Oct 9, 2014 2:09 PM EDT
Indiana Governor Mike Pence named Dr. Jerome Adams as Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health.
According to a press release from the governor's office, Dr. Adams currently serves as Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesia at Indiana University School of Medicine and as a staff anesthesiologist at Eskenazi Health, where he is Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
He is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he earned his Medical Doctorate.
Dr. Adams will assume his new role on October 22, 2014.