As Casey Means Awaits Confirmation Hearing for Surgeon General, Her Nomination Draws Widespread Reaction

A functional medicine physician who does not have an active medical license, Means is an ally of RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again platform.

Casey Means attends a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services post, at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29, 2025. Ben Curtis/AP Photo

While Casey Means awaits the start of a Senate confirmation process to take the role of U.S. surgeon general, there is widespread debate about her nomination.

Means, a functional medicine physician who does not have an active medical license, was announced as President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general on May 7.