{"id":3113,"date":"2026-05-01T14:32:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:32:45","slug":"who-is-dr-nicole-saphier-trumps-latest-nominee-for-surgeon-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cedritech.com\/?p=3113","title":{"rendered":"Who is Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump’s latest nominee for surgeon general?"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Trump announced on Thursday that he is nominating Nicole B. Saphier \u2014 a Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center doctor and Fox News medical contributor \u2014 to serve as U.S. surgeon general after the confirmation of his previous nominee, Casey Means,\u00a0stalled in the Senate\u00a0amid concerns about her experience and views on vaccines. The position is currently vacant.<\/p>\n

During her confirmation hearing in February, Means, a nutrition influencer and ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,\u00a0would not unequivocally say\u00a0whether she would encourage Americans to get children vaccinated for measles, the flu or whooping cough. The hearing raised doubts about whether she could garner enough support to advance her nomination.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a Truth Social post\u00a0announcing his new nominee, Trump described Saphier as \u201ca STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while tirelessly advocating to increase early cancer detection and prevention, while at the same time working with men and women on all other forms of cancer diagnoses and treatments.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe is also an INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATOR, who makes complicated health issues more easily understood by all Americans,\u201d the president added. \u201cDr. Nicole Saphier will do great things for our Country, and help \u2018MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN.\u2019 Congratulations Nicole, our Country has long been waiting for you!\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Saphier known for, and what are her views?<\/h2>\n

According to\u00a0her profile\u00a0on the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s website, Saphier, 44, is a radiologist and director of breast imaging at its Monmouth, N.J., facility.<\/p>\n

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Trump picks Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general<\/p>\n
This shifts the spotlight from prior nominee Casey Means after her Senate confirmation stalled. Saphier is known for her work in breast imaging and her media presence, which could change the focus of the office as it navigates national health messaging.<\/div>\n
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Trump just nominated this N.J. doctor for surgeon general. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

She received her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados and did a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, according to the profile.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreast cancer screening, diagnosis, and intervention are my clinical and research cornerstones,\u201d Saphier wrote in her biography. \u201cIn addition to my clinical and research responsibilities at MSK, I am active in healthcare leadership, policy, and advocacy at local and national levels. Although I see many patients every year, being involved in advocacy allows me to reach and serve many more in a wider community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to her LinkedIn profile, Saphier is also the founder of Drop Rx, a herbal nutraceutical company that she created \u201cafter being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and researching ways to combine natural healing and modern medicine.\u201d She lives in the New York City area with her husband and three sons.<\/p>\n

Saphier has served as a Fox News contributor since 2018. She is also the host of an iHeartRadio podcast called\u00a0Wellness Unmasked<\/em>\u00a0and an author.<\/p>\n

The title of Saphier\u2019s 2020 book,\u00a0Make America Healthy Again<\/em>, became the slogan for Kennedy\u2019s health agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need socialized medicine \u2014 we need to take better care of ourselves,\u201d Saphier writes in the book.<\/p>\n

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She shares Kennedy\u2019s skepticism of vaccine mandates, as detailed in her 2021 book,\u00a0Panic Attack: Playing Politics with Science in the Fight Against COVID-19<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 2022, she falsely claimed that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to mandate coronavirus vaccines for schoolchildren.\u00a0According to the Washington Post, the CDC voted to add the vaccines to a federal program that allowed disadvantaged children better access to them; it did not mandate them.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s Trump\u2019s 3rd surgeon general pick<\/h2>\n
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