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President Trump withdrew Dr. Casey Means’s stalled nomination to be U.S. Surgeon General and said he would nominate Dr. Nicole Saphier instead, following Means’s confirmation hearing.
President Donald Trump pulled Casey Means’s nomination to be the US surgeon general after opposition from Republicans (including Sen. Bill Cassidy) and concerns raised during her confirmation hearing about vaccines and her residency decision. He then nominated radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier, a Fox News contributor and Memorial Sloan Kettering Breast Imaging director, who Trump praised as a “STAR physician” and capable communicator; Saphier also has a role on a CDC advisory committee and authored a health-focused book.
President Trump announced radiologist and breast-imaging director Nicole Saphier as the new nominee for surgeon general, replacing Casey Means after months of uncertainty and Means's controversial stances on vaccines, birth control and pesticides during her Senate confirmation hearing; Trump said Sen. Bill Cassidy blocked her nomination. Saphier is a Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist based in Monmouth, NJ and a regular Fox News medical commentator.