Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
430 Dirksen
10/30/2025 at 11:00AM
A full committee hearing.
Nominee:
- Casey Means to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service
Dr. Means, who attended Stanford Medical School and trained as an otolaryngologist but is not board-certified. Her last medical license, from the state of Oregon, expired in 2019, making her ineligible for the position. She will not appear in person, instead testifying remotely from Hawaii.
Means is an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and proponent of holistic medicine, “functional medicine,” and other forms of quackery. As a lifestyle influencer, she has also raised concerns about microplastics, industrial toxins, pesticides, and processed foods.