Trump nominates radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier as surgeon general

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is nominating Dr. Nicole Saphier to be the next surgeon general.Trump made the announcement on social media, calling Saphier "a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while tirelessly advocating to increase early cancer detection and prevention."The Surgeon General is colloquially referred to as the "Nation's Doctor" and traditionally provides Americans with scientific information about health such as nutrition, screen time and mental health. The position may be best known for issuing warnings on products.Saphier is the director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth in New Jersey and a regular medical contributor on Fox News.According to her Memorial Sloan Kettering profile, she has experience "performing minimally invasive, image-guided procedures of the breast, kidney, pancreas, liver, thyroid and lymph nodes."Nicole Saphier attends the Patriot Awards, December 5, 2024 in Greenvale, New York.Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesSaphier has generally indicated support for vaccines. In a video on Fox News Digital, Saphier said the majority of research shows there is no causal link between the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and an increased risk of autism.This is in contrast with Health and Human Services Secretary