Senate HELP Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing to Consider Casey Means as Surgeon General
On Feb. 25, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing to consider Casey Means as Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. Dr. Means’ confirmation hearing was originally scheduled for last Oct. but was postponed to Feb. of this year due to the birth of her child. Dr. Means is a Stanford trained physician who’s held biomedical research positions at several large universities.
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