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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick to Parry Concerns She’s Unqualified
Dr. Casey Means and Megan Kelly attend a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 29.
Photographer: Ben Curtis/AP PhotoCasey Means, President Donald Trump’s pick for US Surgeon General, aims to quell concerns over her perceived lack of medical experience during a Congressional hearing on her nomination later this week.
Means will tell the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee that she’s treated thousands of patients in clinics and operating rooms, run her own medical practice and co-founded a venture-backed health technology company called Levels Health Inc., according to written testimony seen by Bloomberg.