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	Presidential Physician: Kemp Clark

Presidents

John Kennedy

- During presidency: consultant surgeon

Notes

• Clark was chairman of neurosurgery at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas when Kennedy was brought in. Clark and fellow neurosurgeon Robert Grossman examined Kennedy's head wound and immediately concluded it was not survivable.

References

• King, Lila. Witness to history: surgeon recalls treating JFK as he died. CNN.com. November 23, 2003. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/11/21/jfk.physician/index.html