A physician who is an expert on Parkinson’s disease reportedly , visited the White House on a very ordinary basis , in the past year, including at least once for a meeting with President Joe Biden’s personal physician.
According to customer files obtained by The New York Times, Dr. Kevin Cannard, a physician who recently published a report on Parkinson’s, made eight White House appointments in an eight-month time from last summers through this past March.
Since they would simply be disclosed after this year under the White House’s volunteer program, it’s mysterious if Cannard, who works at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, has made any additional new appointments.
The doctor’s meetings with Biden themselves or any visits that included discussions about the government’s wellbeing are never disclosed in the records.
Cannard, who is described as a “movement problems specialist”, met Jan. 17 with , Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House doctor,  , during one attend revealed by the report.
That meet came about six months before Biden’s most recent monthly physical assessment performed by O’Connor, a examination that , gave him a clean bill of health.
An “extremely extensive brain test” and” no conclusions that would be regular with” Parkinson’s, a degenerative disease affecting the nervous system, were included in the annual examination.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, at a media briefing, quickly rebuffed writers ‘ attempts to get more information about Cannard’s sessions.
She did state that Biden has only met with three neurologists since taking office, most likely during his annual physicals, which appeared to rule out any possibility that Cannard has treated him in recent months.
” Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson’s? No”, Jean-Pierre said.
According to the White House, Biden is still in good health and that no additional neurological tests are necessary since O’Connor’s test. The White House made the suggestion that Cannard’s visits were n’t directly connected to Biden, even though it did n’t specifically deny it.
” Walter Reed ( specialists ) visit the White House complex to treat the thousands of military personnel who work on the grounds”, spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Biden, 81, sent Democratic supporters into a panic with a , disjointed and sometimes incoherent performance , at his debate with former President Donald Trump late last month.
The president, who claims he was suffering from a bad cold, often stared blankly into space while Trump spoke, raising concerns about his mental fitness. Some Parkinson’s patients  , suffer from similar symptoms.
Biden’s debate performance has  , elevated questions about his age , and fitness to beat Trump and serve as president for four more years. He asserts that he is not even thinking about leaving.
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