According to Stat, Bornstein had hoped to be the physician to the President, but the White House decided that Ronny Jackson would continue in that role.
(meta data) TITLE: Trump is keeping Obama's White House doctor for now - STAT (meta data) AUTHOR: https://www.facebook.com/dylanlscott13 (meta data) PUBLISHER: http://facebook.com/statnews/ # Trump is keeping Obama's White House doctor for now By Dylan Scott February 2, 2017 Former President Barack Obama speaks with lead White House doctor Ronny Jackson, who will continue in the role under President Trump. Pete Souza/White House Photo WASHINGTON — President Trump will keep, for the time being, the same White House doctor who had cared for former President Barack Obama since 2013. Dr. Ronny Jackson, a rear admiral in the US Navy, will continue to serve as physician to the president, White House press secretary Sean Spicer told STAT. Jackson was appointed as the lead White House doctor by Obama in July 2013. He had previously served in the White House Medical Unit under Obama and George W. Bush. Jackson, who has a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch, was deployed in the Iraq War during the Bush administration. He has received several commendations for his military service. Trump — the oldest incoming president in history — had prior to his election been treated for decades by Dr. Harold Bornstein of New York. Bornstein, who became a minor celebrity after he wrote a short letter declaring that Trump would be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency, has an office on the Upper East Side. He told STAT in December that he had not been asked to move to Washington. Related: ## Donald Trump's health is 'excellent,' doctor says in releasing test results Reached by phone Wednesday, Bornstein reaffirmed he would not move to Washington to care for the president. "That was always true," he said, adding that he thought it was more appropriate for Trump, as commander in chief, to have a military doctor. "That sounds perfect to me," he said. Trump takes medication to manage his cholesterol and a low dose of aspirin, Bornstein reported in a second letter released in September. The president, who is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 236 pounds, does not use alcohol or tobacco. Bornstein said Trump has no family history of premature cardiac disease or cancer. Various lab tests over the last few years came back normal, as were Trump's blood sugar and blood pressure levels, according to Bornstein. Presidents can select whomever they want as a personal physician; many, but not all, have been military doctors like Jackson. Presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan chose non-uniformed physicians. The president's physician follows him around domestically and overseas, always at hand in case medical expertise is needed. Often, this doctor is also the director of the White House Medical Unit, a mini urgent care center based inside the White House, which cares for tourists (or journalists) who fall ill in the premises. Ike Swetlitz contributed reporting. ## Tags White House ## Leave a Comment Cancel reply Name Please enter your name. Email Address Please enter a valid email address. Comment Please enter a comment. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail Trump has the temerity of actually picking an Obama guy for his cabinet and the Trolls still hate on him. There is no pleasing the Socialist Pigs. I think that Ronny Jackson was a great pick and this bashing of him isn't fair. He worked with Obama and Bush, with no complaints. No wonder the Democrat's are losing to the Republicans. The only way that the Democrat's will win the house and senate back in November 2018 is to stop with the impeachment chant and work the President Trump. Trump responds to people who don't insult him. (you catch more flies with honey not vinegar). Donald Trump is not 6'3″ tall. He may have been at one time, but that is no longer true. Compare photos of him standing next to people such as Barack Obama, who is 6'1″ tall. The figure 6'3″ was chosen simply because it lowers the possibility of him being called obese. He's also not 236 lbs. 286, maybe. He's much closer to 300, if he's over 6 ft. At 6'3″ and 236, he'd be much leaner than he is. In truth, he's clinically obese. You don't even need calipers to see that. I've known Admiral Ronny Jackson since he was a teenager, he is a fine person and so very smart, and I'm sure he is a Fine Dr. I'm sure President Trump could not find better As long as the blue pills keep coming, he is OK First I heard the Crazy Clown is 6'3″ and 236. Guess I have to look up to him after all. I hope Dr. Jackson has a background or experience in mental illness. 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Trump's personal physician role.
In December 2015 in response to questions about his health, Trump asked Bornstein to issue a "full medical report", predicting that it would show "perfection". Two days later Bornstein signed a letter full of superlatives, saying that Trump's "laboratory results are astonishingly excellent" and that Trump "will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." In August 2016, Bornstein stated that he had written the letter in five minutes while a presidential limousine waited for it. But he reiterated that Trump's "health is excellent, especially his mental health." 
 In May 2018 Bornstein said that, in fact, Trump had dictated the letter over the telephone, then sent a car to pick it up. Bornstein said in an interview with CNN that "Mr. Trump dictated the letter and I would tell him what he couldn't put in there..." 
 Speaking to "The New York Times" in February 2017, Bornstein revealed that he was invited to and attended President Trump's inauguration with his wife Melissa. Bornstein told "The Times" that he enjoyed the attention from being known as the President's personal physician.