Trump picks Casey Means for surgeon general, after first nominee withdraws

Dr. Casey Means (left) stands with writer Megan Kelly astatine a confirmation proceeding for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the caput of Health and Human Services station astatine the Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Jan. 29. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption

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President Trump has switched up his prime for U.S. Surgeon General tapping best-selling writer and wellness influencer Dr. Casey Means successful spot of his archetypal pick, erstwhile Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat.

Nesheiwat withdrew her information pursuing scrutiny implicit however she had represented her aesculapian credentials.

In an announcement connected Truth Social, Trump said that Means "will enactment intimately with our fantastic Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to guarantee a palmy implementation of our Agenda successful bid to reverse the Chronic Disease Epidemic, and guarantee Great Health, successful the future, for ALL Americans."

Dr. Means has catapulted into the MAHA sphere implicit the past year, alongside her member Calley Means, a salient advisor to Sec. Kennedy pursuing the publication of their publication Good Energy.

Both siblings often obstruction against the power of the pharmaceutical and nutrient industries successful their galore appearances connected podcasts and different platforms.

In their book, Casey Means describes however she became disillusioned with medicine's nonaccomplishment to adequately code the astir pressing causes of chronic unwellness successful the country, including fare and deficiency of movement.

After attending Stanford Medical School, Means pursued a surgical residency astatine Oregon Health & Science University but dropped retired earlier completing the program. She went connected to commencement a functional medicine signifier and founded the institution Levels, which offers consumers continuous glucose monitors and an app to way their humor sugar.

Her website besides markets assorted supplements and idiosyncratic products.

She's raised concerns astir immoderate vaccines and the immunization schedule — and what she has called "corruption" astatine the FDA.

Last year, Means was 1 of the speakers astatine a highly publicized roundtable connected American wellness and nutrition, hosted by U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, which featured Secretary Kennedy, commissioner of Food and Drugs Dr. Marty Makary and different well-known allies of the Trump administration's MAHA agenda.

Edited by Jane Greenhalgh