Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Dr. Casey Means for the US General Surgeon, replaced the previous pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, after the question arises about her credentials.
Means that it has stands out in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement fought by the Secretary of Health and Humanitarian Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In a Post on social mediaTrump said that it would work together with Kennedy “to ensure the success of the implementation of our agenda to reverse the epidemic of chronic diseases, and ensure great health, in the future, for all Americans.”
Means describing himself online as “a former surgeon who turns into a metabolic health evangelist” who “tries to create a happier and healthier world and planet.”
This is what we know about ‘background and what his views about various health topics.
Medical background
Means graduating from Stanford University in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in the field of human biology and the title of Doctor of Medicine from Stanford School of Medicine in 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He is a resident doctor at Oregon Health and Science University with the aim of becoming an otolaryngological surgeon, also known as a head and neck surgeon, but he came out in his fifth year.
“During my training as a surgeon, I saw how destroyed and exploitative health care systems and left to focus on how to make people out of the operating room,” he wrote website.
Casey Means, a health influencer, attended a confirmation session for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. For the Secretary of Health and Humanitarian Services, in Capitol in Washington, January 29, 2025.
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Means continuing to study functional treatment, which seems to prevent disease and disease. He is not certified board in medical specialization.
That Oregon Medical Council Currently it includes its medical license as inactive.
After leaving the residency, he was a guest lecturer at Stanford for less than a year and an Associate Editor in the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention for two and a half years, according to LinkedIn.
During his career, he joined in establishing a level, an application that allows people to track their food. Along with biometric data such as sleep monitoring and glucose, to see how their diet has an impact on their health.
Rise to stand out
Means writing a book with his brother, Calley Means, titled “Good Energy,” which was published in May 2024 and allegedly saw why Americans were sick and how to fix it.
The brothers appeared in Podcast, including the Tucker Carlson event in August 2024 and Joe Rogan Experience in October 2024.
At the Tucker Carlson event, Casey Means said that birth control was being “prescribed like candy” and that Ozempic had “grip on the US population.”
Siblings up to be famous in the Trump campaign And among the allies Trump, including Kennedy. They appear on A September 2024 Roundtable Discussion on Health With Kennedy organized by Senator Ron Johnson, R-WISC.
“The message I shared here and emphasize is that American Health is destroyed,” Casey Means said during his opening speech. “It was destroyed because of a chronic disease.”
Meanwhile, Calley means that it currently functions as a senior advisor to the White House and special government employees. He has worked tightly with Kennedy and has fled many of his health proposals.
Controversial view
Casey means’ the view reflects Kennedy’s view by focusing on overcoming the epidemic of chronic diseases, creating a healthier food supply and expressing vaccine skepticism.
He has called for the removal of ultra-abrahan food in school lunch and has advocated organic and regenerative food in school food.
Secretary of Health and Humanitarian Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Speaking during the event with President Donald Trump to sign the executive and proclamation orders at the White House Oval Office, May 5, 2025, in Washington.
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In 2021, he Write in post on x Glucose “as a molecule has caused more destruction of the human mind and body than other substances in human history.”
Glucose is a molecule that occurs naturally that our body depends on energy.
Casey Means has declared skeptical about the safety of the Kanak -Kanakak vaccine and has called for further research on the “cumulative effect security” of the vaccine when following the vaccine schedule for the Center for Control and Disease Prevention (CDC), he wrote in a good energy bulletin.
“There is evidence that develops that the total burden of the extreme vaccine schedule and develops is currently causing a decrease in health in vulnerable children. This needs to be investigated,” he continued.
He also criticized the giving of hepatitis B vaccine between babies, namely Recommended by CDC.
At present there is no evidence that shows that the Kanak -Kanakak Vaccine or the current CDC vaccine schedule is not safe.
ABC News’ Katherine Faulders and Kelsey Walsh contributed to this report.