Trump pulls his surgeon general pick and makes third nomination for the role
By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he’s nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier for surgeon general, pulling his previous pick Dr. Casey Means, whose nomination had been stalled on Capitol Hill.
“Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while tirelessly advocating to increase early cancer detection and prevention, while at the same time working with men and women on all other forms of cancer diagnoses and treatments,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“She is also an INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATOR, who makes complicated health issues more easily understood by all Americans,” he added.
Saphier, a longtime Fox News contributor, is a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
This is Trump’s third nominee for surgeon general in his second term. His first, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a New York family physician and former Fox News medical contributor, saw her nomination pulled just days before her Senate confirmation hearing was set to begin last year.
The surgeon general, known as “the nation’s doctor,” is a physician who focuses on educating and advising Americans on how to improve their health by issuing advisories, reports and calls to action to offer the best available scientific information on crucial issues.
The surgeon general also serves in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, overseeing this group of uniformed officers who seek to promote the nation’s health.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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