Trump's Surgeon General Pick Touted As 'fierce' Maha Advocate Before Confirmation Hearing

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's prime for U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, has been making nan rounds connected Capitol Hill, garnering support up of her upcoming confirmation hearing, pinch senators describing her arsenic a "fierce" advocator for nan "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement. 

Sources acquainted pinch her confirmation proceeding prep told Fox News Digital that Nesheiwat has had galore "productive meetings" connected Capitol Hill regarding her nomination. 

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Nesheiwat precocious met pinch nan unit for nan Senate HELP Committee, on pinch each nan wellness argumentation GOP staffers. Sources said those staffers person expressed support for her information arsenic aesculapian head successful nan Public Health Service and surgeon general. Nesheiwat besides met pinch Democrat Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland, on pinch Democrat Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. 

Sources told Fox News Digital that Blackburn is supportive of Nesheiwat. Details of Nesheiwat's meetings pinch Hickenlooper and Alsobrooks were not instantly clear. 

The sources said various topics were discussed during those meetings, including fighting chronic illness, diseases, opioids, nan ngo of MAHA, vaccines, bully nutrition, educating Americans pinch science-backed data, combating healthcare supplier shortages, intelligence health, nutrient deserts and nan government's domiciled successful search wellness crises and emerging wellness threats. 

Sources said nan conversations person been "positive, productive conversations." 

Nesheiwat has met, truthful far, pinch each nan Republican senators connected nan Senate HELP Committee isolated from for Sen. Josh Hawley. 

A root told Fox News Digital that Sen. Katie Brit of Alabama, who is not connected nan committee, wants to meet pinch Nesheiwat successful early May. 

President Donald Trump nominated Dr. Janette Nesheiwat arsenic U.S. surgeon general. (White House Photographers Office)

Nesheiwat, formerly a Fox News contributor, is double-board certified successful family medicine and urgent attraction medicine. 

Nesheiwat, a girl of Jordanian immigrants, led frontline aesculapian teams during nan COVID-19 pandemic successful New York City, on pinch her past activity managing nationalist wellness responses during flu epidemics, nan opioid crisis, nan monkeypox outbreak and different awesome wellness challenges. 

She besides was named nan first female aesculapian head for CityMD successful Manhattan — 1 of America’s largest urgent attraction systems. 

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Upon nominating Nesheiwat to nan position, Trump said she is simply a "fierce advocator and beardown communicator for preventative medicine and nationalist health."

"I americium proud to denote that Dr. Janette Nesheiwat will beryllium nan Nation’s Doctor arsenic nan United States Surgeon General. Dr. Nesheiwat is simply a double board-certified Medical Doctor pinch an unwavering committedness to redeeming and treating thousands of American lives," he said. "She is committed to ensuring that Americans person entree to affordable, value healthcare, and believes successful empowering individuals to return complaint of their wellness to unrecorded longer, healthier lives." 

President Donald Trump praised Dr. Janette Nesheiwat's activity during nan COVID-19 pandemic, saying she "worked connected nan beforehand lines successful New York City treating thousands of Americans." (Kristy Belcher)

Trump praised Nesheiwat's activity during nan COVID-19 pandemic, saying she "worked connected nan beforehand lines successful New York City treating thousands of Americans and helped patients successful nan aftermath of President Donald Trump’s Historic Operation Warp Speed that saved hundreds of millions of lives."

He besides praised her "expertise and leadership" aft New Orleans' Hurricane Katrina and nan Joplin tornadoes. 

The president said Nesheiwat "will play a pivotal domiciled successful MAKING AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN!"

Meanwhile, aft gathering pinch Nesheiwat, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy said Nesheiwat is "aware of nan issues facing our federation and really they subordinate each nan measurement down to counseling a diligent successful an exam room." 

"A very bully meeting," he said. 

As for nan MAHA activity led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Republicans opportunity Nesheiwat represents nan imagination of nan Trump administration. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said Nesheiwat "understands nan MAHA movement." 

"With nan Trump admin, American wellness is nary longer taking a backmost seat," Banks said. 

Additionally, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said that "Making America Healthy Again starts pinch having beardown leadership" wrong Health and Human Services. 

"I cognize that @DoctorJanette, President Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, will beryllium a fierce MAHA advocator and will activity pinch @SecKennedy to summation transparency successful our healthcare system," Tuberville said. 

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said that "Making America Healthy Again starts pinch having beardown leadership" wrong Health and Human Services. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Nesheiwat began her aesculapian acquisition astatine nan American University of nan Caribbean School of Medicine. She completed her first program astatine nan school's Saint Maarten campus. She past went connected to complete her objective rotations astatine Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Metropolitan State Hospital, Guy's & St. Thomas Hospitals and Medway Maritime Hospital. 

Nesheiwat completed her family medicine residence astatine nan University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Area Health Education Center, and was elected main resident during her last year. 

In 2009, Nesheiwat achieved committee certification successful family medicine for nan American Board of Family Medicine, and successful 2020 achieved committee certification successful urgent attraction medicine pinch nan American Board of Urgent Care Medicine. 

Nesheiwat’s proceeding is group for May 8 astatine 10:00 a.m., erstwhile senators connected nan Senate HELP Committee, will mobility her up of her confirmation vote.