The nomination hearing for Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been postponed.
A spokesperson for the committee, chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a medical doctor, told The Hill Thursday that the hearing was postponed due to Means going into labor. Last week, the committee said that Means would appear before it virtually, calling in from Kilauea, Hawaii.
CNN reported that Means was initially set to appear before the committee two days after her due date. The Hill has reached out to the committee for confirmation.
Trump nominated Means to the post in May, after withdrawing his nomination of Janette Nesheiwat over concerns regarding her credentials. The sister of Calley Means, an adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Casey Means received her M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 2014, according to her website.
She completed four years of residency in head and neck surgery, before resigning in 2018 to focus on battling chronic disease. Her medical license is listed as inactive.
In 2019, she co-founded Levels, which focuses on tracking health information through devices.
In a post on his Truth Social platform announcing his nomination of Means, the president touted her “impeccable ‘MAHA’ credentials,” referring to the movement spearheaded by Kennedy and his allies. Trump added that Means will work with Kennedy “to ensure a successful implementation of our Agenda in order to reverse the Chronic Disease Epidemic.”
