President Donald Trump pulled his nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as U.S. surgeon general Wednesday just a day before she was expected to appear before the Senate for her confirmation hearing.
Dr. Casey Means is the new pick, Trump said in a Truth Social post.
"Her academic achievements, together with her life's work, are absolutely outstanding," he wrote. "Dr. Casey Means has the potential to be one of the finest Surgeon Generals in United States History."
Means' brother, Calley Means, serves as White House senior adviser and special government employee who has worked closely with Kennedy and has touted many of his health proposals.
Nesheiwat, who came under fire from right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, will serve with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in another capacity, Trump said.
She said in a statement on X that she is looking forward to working with Kennedy to "Make America Healthy Again!"
"My focus continues to be on improving the health and well-being of all Americans, and that mission hasn't changed," she said.
Nesheiwat was a frequent Fox News medical contributor and worked as a physician at the Times Square CityMD urgent care clinic before becoming one of its medical directors.
Bloomberg firstreportedthe move earlier Wednesday.
Casey Means helped launch the health tech company Levels and has co-written self-help books that pushed for more nutrition-based health remedies.
She and her brother came to the attention of conservative influencers following an interview with Tucker Carlson last summer.
The shakeup comes as Loomer called on the president to pick a new nominee after it came to light that Nesheiwat received her medical degree from American University of the Caribbean instead of the University of Arkansas. Loomer also criticized Nesheiwat for being pro-vaccine.
Initially, Nesheiwat promoted the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it "a gift from God" in a 2021 opinion piece for Fox News, but a year later, she opposed the vaccine mandates for children during an appearance on Carlson's Fox News show despite medical studies showing that the COVID-19 vaccine can greatly reduce the chance for severe symptoms, hospitalization and death from the virus for patients of all ages.
Trump praised Nesheiwat during his November announcement, calling her a "fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventive medicine and public health."
The White House has not responded to ABC News' requests for comment.
Nesheiwat is the sister-in-law of former national security adviser Mike Waltz, who was removed from his post last week and nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Waltz came under fire after it was revealed he was part of a Signal group chat with national security team members, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in which they discussed impending military plans and inadvertently invited The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat.
Loomer also called for Waltz to be fired after the scandal.
She has become a more prominent figure in Trump's inner circle and maderecommendationsto Trump on whom to fire, sources told ABC News last month.
"She makes recommendations of things and people, and sometimes I listen to those recommendations, like I do with everybody," Trump said last month. "I listen to everybody, and then I make a decision. But I saw her yesterday. She was at the ceremony, and she is -- she'll always have something to say, usually very constructive."
Trump pulls surgeon general pick following Laura Loomer complaints
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周三撤回了对詹妮特·内斯海瓦特(Janette Nesheiwat)担任美国卫生部长的提名，就在她预计将在参议院出席确认听证会的前一天。
特朗普在一篇真实社交帖子中说，凯西博士的意思是新的选择。
“她的学术成就，连同她一生的工作，绝对是杰出的，”他写道。"凯西博士有潜力成为美国历史上最优秀的外科医生之一."
Calley Means的哥哥是白宫高级顾问和特别政府雇员，曾与肯尼迪密切合作，并吹捧他的许多健康建议。
川普说，受到右翼影响者劳拉·卢默(Laura Loomer)攻击的内斯海瓦特(Nesheiwat)将以另一种身份与卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪(Robert Jr .)一起工作。
她在X上发表声明说，她期待与肯尼迪合作，“让美国再次健康起来!”
“我的重点仍然是改善所有美国人的健康和福祉，这一使命没有改变，”她说。
Nesheiwat经常为福克斯新闻频道医疗做出贡献，在成为时代广场城市医疗急救诊所的医疗主任之前，他是该诊所的医生。
彭博第一据报告的周三早些时候的举动。
Casey Means帮助推出了健康技术公司Levels，并与人合著了一些自助书籍，推动更多基于营养的健康疗法。
在去年夏天接受塔克·卡尔森采访后，她和她的哥哥引起了保守派人士的注意。
在Nesheiwat从美国加勒比大学而不是阿肯色大学获得医学学位被曝光后，Loomer呼吁总统挑选一名新的被提名人。Loomer还批评Nesheiwat支持疫苗。
最初，Nesheiwat推广了新冠肺炎疫苗，在2021年福克斯新闻频道的一篇观点文章中称其为“上帝的礼物”，但一年后，她在卡尔森的福克斯新闻频道秀上露面时反对对儿童强制接种疫苗，尽管医学研究表明，新冠肺炎疫苗可以大大降低所有年龄段患者出现严重症状、住院和死亡的几率。
特朗普在11月的声明中称赞Nesheiwat，称她是“预防医学和公共卫生的积极倡导者和强有力的传播者”。
白宫尚未回应ABC新闻的置评请求。
Nesheiwat是前国家安全顾问Mike Waltz的嫂子，他上周被解除职务，并被提名为美国驻联合国大使。
华尔兹在被披露是与包括国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯在内的国家安全小组成员进行信号小组聊天的一部分后受到了抨击，他们在聊天中讨论了即将到来的军事计划，并无意中邀请了《大西洋》主编杰弗里·戈德堡参加聊天。
卢默还呼吁在丑闻发生后解雇华尔兹。
她已经成为特朗普核心圈子里更突出的人物，并取得了推荐消息人士上个月告诉ABC新闻，特朗普应该解雇谁。
特朗普上个月说:“她对事物和人提出建议，有时我会听取这些建议，就像我对所有人一样。”。“我听取每个人的意见，然后做出决定。但是我昨天看见她了。她出席了仪式，她总是有话要说，而且通常很有建设性。”
