{{short description|American physician (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Janette Nesheiwat | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|25}} | birth_place = [[Carmel, New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = | relatives = [[Julia Nesheiwat]] (sister)<br>[[Jaclyn Stapp]] (sister)<br>[[Mike Waltz]] (brother-in-law)<!-- Only add relatives who meet Wiki:Notability requirements--> | education = [[Stetson University]] (attended)<br>[[University of South Florida]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br/>[[American University of the Caribbean]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) }} '''Janette Nesheiwat''' (born August 25, 1976)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2024 |title=Dr. Janette Nesheiwat - NOMINEE, SURGEON GENERAL |url=https://bgrdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Dr.-Nesheiwat-Policy-Positions.pdf |access-date=December 12, 2025 |website=BGR DC}}</ref><ref name="ToI-2025/11/23">{{Cite news|title=Dr Janette Nesheiwat: 10 things to know about Trump's pick for Surgeon General |date=November 23, 2025 |newspaper=Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/115600613.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/kUwko?http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/115600613.cms |archive-date=April 26, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American physician who was educated at a Caribbean medical school and completed her residency in Arkansas. She was briefly nominated for [[Surgeon General of the United States]] during the [[second Trump administration]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Goldstein |first=Joseph |date=29 January 2025 |orig-date=22 November 2024 |title=Trump Transition Updates: Cabinet Nearly Full With Flurry of Friday Picks: What to know about Trump's choice for surgeon general |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/22/us/trump-cabinet-news#906d2cb0-6d14-5bad-b2b1-e7cbce694325 |archive-url=https://archive.today/mG8Vw?https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/22/us/trump-cabinet-news#906d2cb0-6d14-5bad-b2b1-e7cbce694325 |archive-date=21 April 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nesheiwat has served as the medical director of the healthcare company [[CityMD]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frazier |first=Kierra |date=22 November 2024 |title=Trump chooses Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon general |publisher=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/22/trump-chooses-fox-news-contributor-dr-janette-nesheiwat-for-surgeon-general-00191379 |access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> and is a former medical contributor on [[Fox News]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Juliann |first=Ventura |date=22 November 2024 |title=Former Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat tapped as Trump's surgeon general |publisher=[[Yahoo News]] |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-contributor-janette-nesheiwat-011212120.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/f4UQO?https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-contributor-janette-nesheiwat-011212120.html |archive-date=21 April 2025 }}</ref>
== Early life and education == Janette Nesheiwat was born in [[Carmel, New York]],<ref name="Metropolitan Magazine">{{cite web |last1=Kluger |first1=Adam |title=Dr. Janette Nesheiwat |url=https://issuu.com/metropolitanmagazineny/docs/metropolitan_october_2019_janette_nesheiwat_/50 |publisher=Metropolitan Magazine |accessdate=4 December 2019 |date=October 2019 |archive-date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123030836/https://issuu.com/metropolitanmagazineny/docs/metropolitan_october_2019_janette_nesheiwat_/50 |url-status=live }}</ref> the daughter of [[Christianity in Jordan|Jordanian Christian]] immigrants.<ref name="Stetson">{{cite web|last1=O'Cain|first1=Woody|date=31 October 2017 |title=Nurturing Greatness|url=https://issuu.com/stetsonu/docs/stetson-magazine-33-3/60 |work=Stetson Magazine |publisher=[[Stetson University]] |archive-date=26 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126213844/https://issuu.com/stetsonu/docs/stetson-magazine-33-3/60 |url-status=live }}</ref> She is one of five children; her siblings are [[Julia Nesheiwat]], [[Jaclyn Stapp]], Dina Nesheiwat, and Daniel Nesheiwat.<ref name="Orlando Sentinel 1">{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Lee |title=Mother, Daughter Win Scholarships |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-06-07-9806060590-story.html |website=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 |date=7 June 1998 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204024712/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-06-07-9806060590-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Julia Nesheiwat is married to [[Mike Waltz]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] former [[Member of congress|congressperson]] and former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|national security advisor]] to [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="childhood"/> In 1982, Nesheiwat's family relocated from New York to [[Umatilla, Florida]].<ref name="Orlando Sentinel 1" />
In 1990, when she was thirteen years old, Nesheiwat accidentally knocked over a fishing tackle box and a handgun inside that had fallen with the tackle box discharged, causing one bullet to fire which killed her father Ziad Nesheiwat in what police described as a "freak accident." Janette Nesheiwat and her four siblings were then raised by her mother Hayat Nesheiwat, a pediatric nurse. Nesheiwat says her father's death and her mother motivated her to become a physician.<ref name="voyager-interview">{{cite news |title=Daily Inspiration: Meet Dr. Janette Nesheiwat |url=https://nashvillevoyager.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-dr-janette-nesheiwat/ |access-date=9 December 2024 |work=Nashville Voyager |date=26 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="childhood">{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Joseph |date=6 December 2024 |title=How Childhood Tragedy Shaped the Doctor Trump Picked for Surgeon General |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=7 December 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/nyregion/janette-nesheiwat-surgeon-general-shooting.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207040037/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/nyregion/janette-nesheiwat-surgeon-general-shooting.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
She later attended Umatilla High School,<ref name="Orlando Sentinel 2">{{cite web |last1=Badie |first1=Rick |title=Students Tapped For Leadership |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-01-02-9201010529-story.html |website=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |accessdate=4 December 2019 |date=2 January 1992}}</ref> received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from [[University of South Florida]] in 2000,<ref name="USF Alumni">{{Cite book|title=Commencement Convocation Program, USF, May 5, 2000 |date=5 May 2000 |publisher=[[University of South Florida]] |page=31 |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=graduation_programs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302225637/https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=graduation_programs |archive-date=2 March 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> and completed coursework at [[Stetson University]].<ref name="Stetson" /> After completing the [[Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] (ROTC) program, Nesheiwat was medically disenrolled.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Ruetenik |first=Dan |date=29 April 2025 |title=Trump's Surgeon General Nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, Faces Scrutiny Over Credentials |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-surgeon-general-nominee-dr-janette-nesheiwat-credentials/ |access-date=9 May 2025 |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> From August 2000 to April 2006, she attended the [[American University of the Caribbean|American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine]] in [[Sint Maarten|St. Maarten]] where she received her medical degree.<ref name="NY-PP">{{Cite web |title=Physician Profile: Janette Nesheiwat |url=https://www.nydoctorprofile.com/physicians/Nesheiwat/Janette |website=nydoctorprofile.com |archive-date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421161849/https://www.nydoctorprofile.com/physicians/Nesheiwat/Janette |url-status=live }}</ref> She did her [[Residency (medicine)|residency program]] in [[family medicine]] at the [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]] from 2006 to 2009.<ref name="NY-PP" /><ref name="UAMS">{{cite web |title=2010 Annual Report Area Health Education Centers |date=August 2010 |website=[[Arkansas General Assembly]] |page=9 |url=https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F038%2FI8497%2FAHECAnnualReport1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815103137/https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F038%2FI8497%2FAHECAnnualReport1.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Career == Nesheiwat is a [[Board certification|board-certified]] [[family medicine]] physician.<ref name="board-certification">{{cite web |title=Is My Doctor Board Certified? |url=https://www.certificationmatters.org/find-my-doctor/?dsearch=1&lname=Nesheiwat&fname=janette&state=&specialty= |website=Certification Matters |publisher=American Board of Medical Specialties |access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref> Her early career included practicing in [[Northwest Arkansas]],<ref name="Northwest Arkansas">{{cite web |last1=White |first1=C.D. |title=It couldn't happen here? |url=https://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1736601.html |website=Lovely County Citizen |accessdate=23 March 2020 |date=15 June 2011 |archive-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323042147/https://www.lovelycitizen.com/story/1736601.html |url-status=live }}</ref> where she was also the host of Jones TV's ''Family Health Today''. In 2012, she was awarded the [[American Red Cross|Red Cross]] community partner hero award.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mag |first=Met |date=16 October 2019 |title=Dr. Janette Nesheiwat |url=https://metmagny.com/dr-janette-nesheiwat/ |website=Metropolitan Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=13 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713014638/https://metmagny.com/dr-janette-nesheiwat/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, Nesheiwat was selected by [[Arkansas Business Publishing Group|''Arkansas Business'']] for the publication's annual "40 under 40" list, which profiled forty leaders in the state of Arkansas under the age of forty. She was noted for her medical practice, local television reporting, and international relief efforts in Morocco, Haiti, and Poland, as well as relief efforts after [[Hurricane Katrina]] and the [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 21–26, 2011|Joplin tornadoes]].<ref name="ToI-2025/11/23" /><ref name="Arkansas Business - 40 Under 40">{{cite web |title=Janette Nesheiwat - 40 Under 40 |url=https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/people/lists/profile/948/janette-nesheiwat |website=[[Arkansas Business Publishing Group|Arkansas Business]] |date=2013 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204015739/https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/people/lists/profile/948/janette-nesheiwat |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2012, Nesheiwat moved to New York City, New York, where she worked for CityMD, an [[Urgent care center|urgent care]] provider. She eventually became one of CityMD's directors.<ref name="childhood"/><ref name="WIMLF">{{cite web |title=20 Years, 20 Leaders: Janette Nesheiwat, MD |date=16 April 2019 |publisher=The Women in Medicine Legacy Foundation |url=https://www.wimlf.org/blog/20-years-20-leaders-janette-nesheiwat-md |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205035055/https://www.wimlf.org/blog/20-years-20-leaders-janette-nesheiwat-md |archive-date=5 December 2019 }}</ref> In addition, she continued working as a medical news correspondent, frequently contributing to national television networks<ref name="WIMLF" /> to discuss health-related topics such as [[genetic testing]] research, surgical procedures, the [[health risks of vaping]], and the [[opioid epidemic]]. In March 2020, she was hired by [[Fox News Channel]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 March 2020 |title=FOX News Channel Names Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to Contributor Role |publisher=Businesswire |language=en |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200316005488/en/FOX-News-Channel-Names-Dr.-Janette-Nesheiwat |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404145049/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200316005488/en/FOX-News-Channel-Names-Dr.-Janette-Nesheiwat |archive-date=4 April 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> as a medical contributor to provide analysis and commentary about the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] first-hand. <ref name="Fox contributor">{{cite web|last=Flood |first=Brian |date=16 March 2020 |title=Fox News adds medical contributors amid coronavirus pandemic |publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-adds-medical-contributors-amid-coronavirus-pandemic |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318063352/https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-adds-medical-contributors-amid-coronavirus-pandemic |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fox Contributor - Deadline">{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Ted |date=17 March 2020 |title=Fox News Personalities Shift To Urgency Of Coronavirus Crisis After Some Decried Media Overreaction |url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/fox-news-coronavirus-shift-jesse-watters-sean-hannity-1202885636/ |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318140010/https://deadline.com/2020/03/fox-news-coronavirus-shift-jesse-watters-sean-hannity-1202885636/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nesheiwat wrote a memoir, ''Beyond the Stethoscope: Miracles in Medicine'', which was released in December 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond the Stethoscope |website=Simon & Schuster |language=en |date=17 December 2024 |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beyond-the-Stethoscope/Janette-Nesheiwat/9798888456514 |archive-date=25 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125185354/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beyond-the-Stethoscope/Janette-Nesheiwat/9798888456514 |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also founded a brand of [[Dietary supplement|dietary supplements]], BC Boost.<ref name="stone">{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Will |title=What to know about Trump's picks for CDC, FDA and surgeon general |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/23/nx-s1-5203461/trump-nesheiwat-makary-weldon-fda-cdc |date=23 November 2024 |archive-date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123061249/https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/23/nx-s1-5203461/trump-nesheiwat-makary-weldon-fda-cdc |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About B+C Boost |publisher=BC Boost |url=https://bcboost.com/about/ |archive-date=23 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123063858/https://bcboost.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Nesheiwat was briefly a nominee for [[Surgeon General of the United States]] during the [[second Trump administration]].<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, far-right activist [[Laura Loomer]] claimed Nesheiwat was "not ideologically aligned" with Trump.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pager |first=Tyler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/07/us/trump-news/8ab39005-1d59-5dde-8f10-2e2bde4168ca |title=The White House is planning to withdraw the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be surgeon general, according to a person familiar with the decision. |date=May 7, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 7, 2025 |ref={{Harvid|Pager|2025a}}}}</ref> Hours later, Trump announced that he would instead nominate [[Casey Means]] as surgeon general.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pager |first=Tyler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/us/politics/casey-means-surgeon-general.html |title=Trump Withdraws Surgeon General Nomination and Announces New Choice |date=May 7, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 7, 2025 |ref={{Harvid|Pager|2025b}}}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.drjanette.net Official website] * {{IMDb name|9145805}}
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