WASHINGTON — The White House has released the results of President Donald Trump’s physical examination, showing that the president is in good health.
The president underwent the first medical check up of his second term on April 11 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, conducted by Captain Sean Barbella, a physician with extensive combat trauma experience who specializes in emergency and tactical medicine.
“I performed and supervised the comprehensive exam, which included diagnostic and laboratory testing, as well as consultations with fourteen specialty consultants, all in accordance with U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendations,” Barbella said in a memorandum to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. “The President has consented to release the physical exam findings to the public.”
“President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State.” pic.twitter.com/VYXxjPoSEd
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Barbella reports that the president, who is almost 79 and 75 inches tall, weighs 224 pounds and has a resting heart rate of 62 beats per minute. His blood pressure is 128/74 mmHg, his pulse oximetry is 99% on room air, and his temperature was 98.6 degrees Farenheit. His eyes have normal visual acuity, visual fields, and eye pressure, and his dilated eye exam was normal.
“Examination of the head, ears, nose, and throat revealed no significant abnormalities with the exception of scaring on the right ear from a gunshot wound,” Barbella wrote. “Hearing was normal.”
Days after surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump attends the Republican National Convention. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The president’s thyroid and lymph nodes were also normal, his physician said, noting that Trump underwent a July 2024 ultrasound of his carotid arteries and it showed normal results, adding: “A repeat study was not indicated.”
Trump’s lungs were clear on examination and a “computed tomography scan” of his chest “showed no abnormalities.”
Speculation about President Joe Biden’s health swirled for years throughout his administration, but particularly after his debate performance against Trump. Records showed that a Parkinson’s Disease expert repeatedly visited the White House during 2023 and 2024, but White House physician Kevin O’Connor stated in a July letter that Biden has not seen a neurologist outside of his annual physical. O’Connor was also a family business associate and Biden “family intimate,” as POLITICO described him.
“That compounds the problem,” historian Matthew Algeo told the publication at the time. “You’re working for the guy you’re examining, and he’s your buddy. It’s just a lose-lose situation.”
