Dr. Nicole Saphier is President Donald Trump’s new pick for U.S. surgeon general, so we’re looking into what she’s said on different health topics.
Trump’s former nominee, Dr. Casey Means, faced opposition from the Senate over her lack of current medical license and vaccine views, leading to a stalled confirmation.
Saphier is a breast radiologist who has served as a Fox News contributor since 2018. She is the director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Monmouth and an associate professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, specializing in breast and oncologic imaging.
She’s also promoted wellness tincture brand Drop RX on her social media. A disclosure of her involvement with the company is listed on her Memorial Sloan Kettering bio page.
Here’s what she’s said about a range of health topics.
Saphier has shared mixed views on vaccines, blaming the Biden administration, not Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or Trump, for the public’s vaccine distrust during a September 2025 radio segment.
On claims about vaccines causing cancer or autism, she explained that evidence linking vaccines directly to either is limited and inconclusive. Most leading health organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization, deny any link. She emphasized the importance of measles and polio shots while questioning mandates for hepatitis B and certain boosters.