Casey Means

At the population level, I certainly think that it does.

Well, I do have a medical license right now.

It is voluntarily placed on inactive status because I'm not actively seeing patients at this time.

The HHS and Admiral Brian Christine have testified in front of this committee that I am eligible to serve as the medical director of the HHS.

How does that square it?

I have a medical license that is unexpired right now.

Admiral Christine has testified that I'm eligible to serve in this role.

I'm the President's nominee for Surgeon General, and further questions about that will have to go to them.

That's not a question that I've considered.

I don't think it's actually relevant to this particular hearing.

Senator Kim, I'm a medical doctor.

I graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine.

I have a medical license.

My professional history is a feature, it's not a bug.

I have had a unique history that has merged entrepreneurship, public health advocacy, faculty, course direction at Stanford University,

as well as being an editor of a medical journal and a biomedical researcher.

And in these complex times for American healthcare, that type of multidisciplinary history is going to be extremely valuable for the American people.

show respect to practice medicine i owned my own medical practice and i've seen thousands of patients and i did over four years of surgical training which is more than many of our past surgeon generals completed who did medical specialties i have completed extremely thorough medical training and i have the ability through these experiences to communicate excellent public health information and i really look forward to working with the commission corps

This is an incredible group of people, 5,000 uniformed officers who are committing their lives to helping the American people.

And personally, just to share a little bit of a vision for that.