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On Thursday, former President Donald Trump revealed his decision to nominate Dr. Nicole B. Saphier for the position of Surgeon General.
Dr. Saphier, known for her work as a radiologist and her role as a medical contributor on Fox News, has been chosen to replace Casey Means. Means, a wellness influencer closely associated with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had faced significant scrutiny during her Senate confirmation hearing in February. Senators questioned her controversial views on vaccines, birth control, and pesticides.
Trump took to Truth Social to express his confidence in Saphier, stating, “Nicole is a STAR physician who has devoted her career to assisting women dealing with breast cancer and advocating for early cancer detection. She has also worked extensively with both men and women on various cancer diagnoses and treatments.”
He continued, “She is an INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATOR, simplifying complex health issues for the American public. Dr. Nicole Saphier is poised to make significant contributions to our nation and help, ‘MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.’”
‘She is also an INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATOR, who makes complicated health issues more easily understood by all Americans. Dr. Nicole Saphier will do great things for our Country, and help, “MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.”
‘Congratulations Nicole, our Country has long been waiting for you!’
A biography of her on Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s website also lists the physician as the director of breast imaging at the institute’s imaging center in Monmouth, New Jersey.
The surgeon general of the United States serves as the country’s leading figure on public health. The Department of Health and Human Services calls the surgeon general the ‘nation’s doctor.’
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was nominating Dr Nicole B Saphier (pictured) as his pick for surgeon general
The position oversees the US Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, a group of officers who are public health professionals.
Saphier went to medical school at the Ross University School of Medicine and completed her residency training at Maricopa Integrated Health Systems, with a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic.
She is board-certified in diagnostic radiology and lists her specialties as breast imaging, CT scans and ultrasounds.
Saphier was among public figures who falsely claimed in 2022 that the CDC was seeking to mandate that students receive Covid-19 vaccines despite the agency’s inability to do so.
That decision is left up to states and individual jurisdictions.
Saphier first tweeted the claim, which was then picked up and amplified by news networks and social media users.
The physician has written several books, including the 2020 one titled Make America Healthy Again, which went on to become RFK Jr’s health movement motto.
The book discussed preventing chronic disease by addressing diet and exercise.
Her 2021 book Panic Attack criticized Covid-era restrictions and school closures.
Her latest book, 2024’s Love, Mom: Inspiring Stories Celebrating Motherhood, is a collection of first-person stories from mothers about motherhood.
Saphier is Trump’s third pick for the top health spot.
The president first nominated Janette Nesheiwat last year. The White House withdrew her nomination and put forward Means in her place.
However, Means, a popular online wellness personality, faced scrutiny in her hearing when lawmakers questioned her views on vaccines and her medical credentials.
Trump had written earlier on Thursday on Truth Social: ‘Casey will continue to fight for MAHA on the many important Health issues facing our Country, such as the rising childhood disease epidemic, increased autism rates, poor nutrition, over-medicalization, and researching the root causes of infertility, and many other difficult medical problems.’
Means had echoed many of RFK Jr’s more controversial stances, including that autism may be caused by childhood vaccines, a view she shared on a Joe Rogan podcast episode last year.
And doctors had previously told Daily Mail that Means was ‘grossly underqualified’ — as she would have been one of only a handful of surgeons general to not have an active medical license and would have been the only one to have not finished her full medical training.