Biden and those frequent visits from the Parkinson’s expert –

A Parkinson’s disease expert from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer to this spring, including at least once to meet with President Biden’s physician, according to a New York Times story based on official visitor logs. The expert, Dr. Kevin Cannard, is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders and recently published a story regarding Parkinson’s. The logs, released by the White House, document visits from July 2023 to March of this year. More recent visits, if any, will be released later, according to the White House’s voluntary disclosure policy.

It is unclear whether Dr. Cannard was at the White House specifically advising the president or was there for unrelated meetings. Dr. Cannard’s LinkedIn page describes him as a “consultant to the White House Medical Unit” for more than 12 years. His bio on Doximity, a website for health professionals, lists him as a “consultant neurologist to the White House Medical Unit and physician to the president” from 2012 to 2022, which would include the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

In a statement Monday night, White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor confirmed that Dr. Cannard has seen Biden three times during his three-and-a-half-year presidency, but he did not say directly whether any of his other visits were related to consulting on the president’s health. Dr. O’Connor did suggest that most of Dr. Cannard’s visits were related to the care of other White House staff. The NYT has been pushing for Biden to drop out of the presidential race for days.