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	Presidential Physician: Richard Starr Ross

Presidents

Richard Nixon

- After presidency: consultant physician

Education

Degree: MD
School: Harvard Medical School

Other Education

• A.B. Harvard College

Notes

1. In November 1974 was one of three physicians Judge John Sirica asked to evaluate whether Nixon could travel from California to Washington to testify in court.
 

2. Was then chief of cardiology at Johns Hopkins, and President of the American Heart Association.
 

3. Grew up in Richmond, Indiana.

References

• Ross RS. A California house call. Trans Am Clin Climatol Assoc. 2003; 114: 255-270.