Joseph Ladapo — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as the Surgeon General of Florida since 2021
Author of 'Transcend Fear: A Blueprint for Mindful Leadership in Public Health'
Earned an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University in 2008
Served as a professor of medicine at New York University and was tenured at the University of California, Los Angeles

Biography

Joseph Abiodun Ladapo is a Nigerian-American physician who has served as the Surgeon General of Florida since 2021. Born in Nigeria, he immigrated to the United States at age five with his family. Ladapo is also the author of 'Transcend Fear: A Blueprint for Mindful Leadership in Public Health'.

Ladapo graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Wake Forest University in 2000. He went on to earn an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a Ph.D.