Trump Taps MAHA-Favorite Doctor Casey Means To Replace Surgeon General Nominee

President Donald Trump is nominating Dr. Casey Means for the position of surgeon general after pulling Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s nomination, Trump announced on his Truth Social account Wednesday.

Means, a Stanford-educated doctor, co-authored a book on metabolic health with her brother Calley, who has become a fierce ally and public facing spokesman for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.

“Casey has impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials, and will work closely with our wonderful Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to ensure a successful implementation of our Agenda in order to reverse the Chronic Disease Epidemic, and ensure Great Health, in the future, for ALL Americans,” Trump wrote in his announcement.

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Means focuses on using nutrition to restore metabolic function as a means of preventing chronic disease. She has made appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience, Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson’s podcast, and other alternative media programs.

She has been highly critical of the medical establishment, aiming criticisms at even her own Stanford education.

“I learned virtually nothing at Stanford Medical School about the tens of thousands of scientific papers that elucidate the root causes of why American health is plummeting,” Means said in 2024.

Dr. Casey Means, 2024: “I learned virtually nothing at Stanford Medical School about the tens of thousands of scientific papers that elucidate the root causes of why American health is plummeting.”

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Means, who graduated Stanford Medical School with her Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2014. She left her residency at Oregon Health and Science University in her fifth year “to focus on the real root causes of why Americans are so sick,” she wrote in her LinkedIn.

Trump’s former pick, Nesheiwat, a family doctor and former Fox News contributor, was scheduled to appear before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for her confirmation hearing Thursday.

Nesheiwat was blasted by Trump supporters shortly after her nomination for past comments about the Covid-19 pandemic, including praising Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg for censoring individuals who questioned vaccine effectiveness and supporting mask mandates. (RELATED: ‘Not A Leader’: Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Has Uphill Climb To Earning Trust Of MAGA Voters)

Her record came under fire again in April after writer Anthony Clark accused her of lying about where she went to medical school.

Nesheiwat, Clark claimed, received her medical degree not from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as she claimed, but from American University of the Caribbean.

Clark provided an alleged screenshot of Nesheiwat’s LinkedIn profile which said that she got her Doctorate of Medicine from UAMS. Nesheiwat also claims to be a medical alum of UAMS in her X profile and Trump touted her alleged credentials in his statement announcing her nomination in November 2024.

Since Clark posted his accusations on April 20, Nesheiwat updated her LinkedIn profile to show that her MD came from the American University of the Caribbean.

Nesheiwat may still be offered a different role in the Trump administration, as Trump wrote that he looked forward to seeing her work with Secretary Kennedy somewhere else in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).