Trump Withdraws Casey Means as Surgeon General Nominee, Makes New Selection

President Donald Trump on April 30 withdrew the nomination of Dr. Casey Means to be surgeon general, after the panel overseeing health agencies declined to vote on the nominee. Trump also announced that he is selecting Dr. Nicole Saphier to be surgeon general. “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. Trump said Saphier will help advance the Make America Healthy Again movement....