Parkinson’s doctor made 10 White House visits, logs show. Prominent House Democrats Want Biden to Exit 2024 Race

A neurologist and Parkinson’s disease specialist has made nearly a dozen visits to the White House Medical Unit, visitor logs show, raising new questions about President Biden’s fitness for office as he battles efforts to push him off the 2024 ballot.

Dr. Kevin R. Cannard, a Bethesda neurologist and movement disorder specialist affiliated with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, visited the office of the White House Medical Unit ten times dating back to November 2022, the visitor logs show.

The logs, last updated on July 1, show Dr. Cannard visited the White House most recently on March 28.

Dr. Cannard met mostly with Megan Nasworthy, a medical liaison between the White House and Walter Reed. On Jan. 17, 2024, he met with Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House physician who treats Dr. Biden.

Dr. Cannard’s first White House visit, on Nov. 15, 2022, involved a meeting with Dr. Joshua Simmons, an emergency medicine specialist associated with Walter Reed and the William Beaumont Army Medical Center.

The purposes of Dr. Cannard’s visits are not disclosed in the logs and it is not known whether the visits were at all related to the president’s health. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday refused to confirm his visits, stonewalling that led to bitter shouting in the press briefing room.

Ms. Jean-Pierre suggested there are “thousands” of military people who could receive medical care through the White House medical unit, though she said privacy precluded her from confirming who saw who, including Mr. Biden.

“I am not going to confirm a name,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said. “That is not something I am going to do.”

Ms. Jean-Pierre said a neurologist did not find any problems with the president, and Mr. Biden is not being treated for Parkinson’s or taking medication for the condition.

But pressed again on Dr. Cannard, Ms. Jean-Pierre said “I’m not going to confirm any specialist that comes to the White House out of privacy.”

She said Mr. Biden has had three physicals while president and saw a neurologist each time.

“Every year that he has had this exam he sees a neurologist,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said. “That’s three times, right? So I am telling you that he has seen a neurologist three times while he has been in this presidency.”