Janette Nesheiwat

Janette Nesheiwat (born August 25, 1976)^[1] is an American physician who is the nominee for United States surgeon general.^[2] Nesheiwat has served as an assistant medical director of CityMD^[3] and a former medical contributor on Fox News.^[4]

Janette Nesheiwat was born in Carmel, New York,^[5] the daughter of Christian Jordanian immigrants.^[6] She is one of five children; her siblings are Julia Nesheiwat, Jaclyn Stapp, Dina Nesheiwat, and Daniel Nesheiwat.^[7] In 1982, Nesheiwat's family relocated from New York to Umatilla, Florida.^[7]

In 1990, when she was 13, Nesheiwat accidentally knocked over a fishing tackle box and a handgun inside that had fallen with the tackle box discharged. The gun killed her father Ziad “Ben” Nesheiwat in what police described as a "freak accident." Janette Nesheiwat and her four siblings were subsequently raised by her mother Hayat Nesheiwat, a pediatric nurse. Janette Nesheiwat says her father's death and her mother motivated her to become a physician.^[8][9]

She later attended Umatilla High School^[10] and received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from University of South Florida in 2000,^[11] as well as completing classes at Stetson University.^[6] Nesheiwat completed U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) before deciding to pursue medical school.^[7][5] She graduated from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in St. Maarten ^[12] and then completed the family medicine residency program at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2009.^[13]

Nesheiwat is a board-certified physician in family medicine.^[14] Her early career included practicing in Northwest Arkansas,^[15] where she was also the host of Jones TV's Family Health Today. In 2012, she was awarded the Red Cross community partner hero award.^[16] In 2013, Nesheiwat was selected by Arkansas Business for the publication's annual "40 under 40" list which profiled 40 leaders in the state of Arkansas under the age of 40. She was noted for her medical practice, local television reporting, and international relief efforts in Haiti.^[17]

In 2012, Nesheiwat moved to New York City, New York where she worked for CityMD, an urgent care provider. She eventually became one of CityMD's directors.^[9][18] In addition, she continued working as a medical news correspondent, frequently contributing to national television networks^[18] to discuss health-related topics such as genetic testing research, surgical procedures, the medical risks of vaping, and the opioid epidemic. In March 2020, she was hired by Fox News Channel^[19] as a medical contributor, to provide analysis and commentary about the Coronavirus Pandemic from first hand experiences. ^[20][21]

Nesheiwat wrote a memoir Beyond the Stethoscope: Miracles in Medicine, which will be released on December 17, 2024.^[22] She also created and sells her own brand of dietary supplements, called BC Boost.^[23][24]

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• Janette Nesheiwat at IMDb