Trump Chooses Fox News Contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat For Surgeon General

President-elect Donald Trump said Friday he has chosen Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to serve as surgeon general in his new administration.

Nesheiwat is a Fox News medical contributor and serves as a medical director at CityMD, a network of urgent care centers in New York and New Jersey.

“Dr. Nesheiwat is a fierce advocate and strong communicator for preventive medicine and public health,” Trump said in a statement. “She is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to affordable, quality healthcare, and believes in empowering individuals to take charge of their health to live longer, healthier lives.”

Nesheiwat, who specialized in emergency and family medicine, has supported vaccines that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s nominee for HHS secretary, has cast doubts about.

But she at times seemed to criticize the CDC’s guidance about Covid vaccines, saying earlier this year that for many Americans, especially young people, the vaccine’s risks would outweigh the benefits — while acknowledging that risk is small for the majority of patients. Nesheiwat has been critical of government mandates through the pandemic.

She has also called into question the standards of care for youth with gender dysphoria from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

She regularly contributes to Fox News and other outlets, has written a book about “miracles in medicine” and promotes dietary supplements she formulates, according to her website.

Nesheiwat graduated and completed her medical residency at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and also completed an ER rotation at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.