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White House physician Kevin O’Connor also insisted that President Joe Biden has not been treated for Parkinson’s, amid a controversy over repeated visits by an expert on the disease to the president’s residence.
According to the record, Neurologist Kevin Cannard of Walter Reed Army Hospital met with the president’s doctor during one of his visits to the White House in mid-January.
According to official information, Cannard is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published an article on Parkinson’s.
Given the environment of speculation, in a letter made public this Monday by the Biden Government itselfthe doctor assures that neurologist Kevin Cannard has been working for the Government since 2012 and that the specialist has been in charge of examining Biden as part of his annual check-up.
“Biden has not seen a neurologist outside” of these annual exams, the letter noted. “Seeing patients at the White House is something Dr. Cannard has done for 12 years.”
“Dr. Cannard was the neurology specialist who examined President Biden at each of his annual physicals. His findings have been made public each time I have released the results of the President’s annual physical exam. President Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical exam,” O’Connor wrote, noting that Cannard has been the neurology consultant for the White House Medical Unit since 2012.
Biden’s health is under public scrutiny following his presidential debate with former President Donald Trump on June 27.
The president had trouble following the thread of the conversation on several occasions and sounded weak.
Several American media outlets, including The New York Times, reported today that Cannard has visited the White House eight times in the past eight months.
However, It is not clear whether these visits were related to the president’s health or another issue.
The doctor specializes in movement problems and recently published an article on Parkinson’s.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre also revealed on Monday that the US president undergoes a verbal medical check-up twice a week and stressed that he has not undergone a physical examination since the debate.
On July 3, the spokeswoman said the president had not had a medical exam since February, but two days later Biden said in an interview on ABC that his doctors had tested him for any infection, which came back negative.
Faced with this apparent contradiction, journalists on Monday demanded transparency from the spokesperson regarding the type of controls carried out on her.
Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden has been seen by a neurologist three times during his three years in office and said he is not being treated for Parkinson’s nor is he taking medication for the disease.
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