Top Parkinson’s Expert’s Multiple White House Visits Unveiled in Guest Logs

Official White House guest logs show that Parkinson’s disease expert Dr. Kevin R. Cannard has been to the White House at least nine times in the last year.

The logs show Dr. Cannard always went to the medical office at the White House. The logs show that he met either the president’s personal doctor or the military nurse, who is in charge of making sure that the president and other high-level officials get the care they need.

The first visit by Dr. Cannard was on July 28, 2023, and the last one was at least on March 28, 2024. It’s not clear if Dr. Cannard has been to the White House since April 1, when the most recent logs came out.

The visit reasons for Dr. Cannard are not written down in the logs.

His doctor profile page says that he studies ways to help “early phase Parkinson’s disease” and is a “neurologist and movement disorders specialist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.” Walter Reed takes care of the health needs of top government officials.

Dr. Cannard had only been to the White House once during the Biden administration—in November 2022—before July 2023.

During one visit in January, he was hosted by Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who is the president’s personal doctor. Commander Megan Nasworthy is on the other eight. She is the navy medic who takes care of the president and a few other important people.

The New York Post was the first to report that Dr. Cannard met with Dr. O’Connor in January.

A military inspector general said earlier this year that the White House residence clinic gave out Provigil, a mild stimulant drug, without enough monitoring. This caused some short-lived news coverage.

The report from the inspector general says that the White House Medical Unit’s main job is to keep the President and Vice President of the United States healthy and safe.

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