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Senate Confirms Trump's Surgeon General Nominee Casey Means

2/18/2026

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The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a confirmation hearing for Casey Means, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, on February 25, 2021.
The hearing was postponed last October due to Means going into labor.
Means has 15 years of experience in patient care and managing her own medical practice.
She graduated from Stanford University but left her surgical residency, and her medical license is currently inactive.
Means is Trump's second nominee for the position after Janette Nesheiwat withdrew amid criticism.

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The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will hold a confirmation hearing for Casey Means, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general, on February 25, 2021.
The hearing was postponed last October due to Means going into labor.
Means has 15 years of experience in patient care and managing her own medical practice.
She graduated from Stanford University but left her surgical residency, and her medical license is currently inactive.
Means is Trump's second nominee for the position after Janette Nesheiwat withdrew amid criticism.