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Trump Taps Third Surgeon General Pick, Drops Casey Means

President Trump on April 30, 2026, announced that Nicole Saphier, M.D., has been nominated to be the next U.S. surgeon general. Saphier is a radiologist and director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth in Middletown, N.J. Trump withdrew the nomination of Dr. Casey Means, his second choice for surgeon general, whose confirmation was stalled on Capitol Hill amid opposition, including from some Republicans, in part over her views on vaccines. Read more here.

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