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	Presidential Physician: Presley Marion Rixey (1852-1928)

Presidents

1	William McKinley	- Immediately after assassination shooting: primary physician - During presidency: primary physician
2	Theodore Roosevelt	- During presidency: operating surgeon - During presidency: primary physician

Education

Degree: MD
School: University of Virginia, 1873

Military

• RADM, USN
 

• Surgeon General, USN, 1902-1910

Notes

• Rixey accompanied Roosevelt to Panama in November 1906 [McCullough].

Writings

• Braisted WC, Bell WH, Rixey PM. The Life Story of Presley Marion Rixey: Surgeon General, U.S. Navy, 1902-1910: Biography and Autobiography. Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1930.

References

• Roos CA. Physicians to the Presidents, and their patients: a bibliography. Bull Med Library Assoc. 1961; 49(3): 291-360.
 

• McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977; page 493.