Gary Brecka

And most of all, looking at initiatives to keep people out of the system.

Not everything that you're doing in HHS and the US FDA is designed to fix the healthcare system.

A lot of it is designed to keep people out of chronic care.

And today's guest is one of those thought leaders.

She is a practicing physician.

She's a mother.

ballroom dancer.

She is an absolutely wonderful human being.

Dr. Stephanie Herodopoulos is now the acting chief of staff and senior advisor to the U.S.

Surgeon General's office.

Her role is updated, so I'll allow her to update us on that tune.

But thank you so much for coming on the Ultimate Human Podcast.

I'm so happy to have you here.

You know, one of the things I've noticed about this administration, at least as it relates to health care and health care policy, is they're asking hard questions.

They're challenging some of the status quo.

They're shaking things up, all to have a positive impact on Americans' health care.

They are not accepting the fact that we are spending nearly $5 trillion a year on health care and the outcome has been some of the sickest, fattest, most disease-ridden human beings on the planet.

And I think, you know, I would love, first of all, for you to correct your title because I know I left some of those out already.

You know, I wonder if we might just for, you know, most people that are watching this podcast, everybody has heard of the Office of the Surgeon General, the Surgeon General for sure.

But and states have Surgeon Generals as well.