Sean Conley
Sean Conley | |
|---|---|
| Physician to the President Acting | |
| Assumed office March 28, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ronny Jackson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sean Patrick Conley Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Kristin Conley, DO |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (BS) Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Rank |  Commander |
Sean Patrick Conley is an American physician and United States Navy officer who is the incumbent Physician to the President.
Conley was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central Bucks High School East,[1] and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2002.[2][3]
Conley received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006.[4] He is a 2013 graduate of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia. He received the Honor Graduate Award, Nurses' Choice Award for Outstanding Senior Resident Award, and the Resident Research Award.[5] In 2014, he served as an emergency physician with the International Security Assistance Force at Kandahar International Airport outside the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to NATO Role 3 MMU, and was appointed head of the trauma department. The unit won a commendation from the Romanian Land Forces for saving the life of a Romanian soldier injured by an improvised explosive device in 2014.[2] He served as the research director at Portsmouth Navy Department of Emergency Medicine prior to his assignment to the White House Medical Unit.[3]
He became the Physician to the President upon Dr. Ronny Jackson's nomination for Secretary of Veterans Affairs.[6]
References
- ^ "Honor Rolls". Doylestown Intelligencer. December 13, 1995. p. 9.
- ^ a b Houston, Whitney (July 2, 2014). "NATO Role 3 hospital team saves Romanian soldier". Regional Command South, U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ a b Notre Dame Magazine class notes, 2000s
- ^ Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2009). 2008 Annual Report (Report). Philadelphia, Pa. p. 37. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Aspillaga, Rosel Jovin (June 28, 2013). "NMCP Residents Graduate, Now Specialists in Emergency Medicine". Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, U.S. Navy. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Korade, Matt (April 29, 2018). "Ronny Jackson will not return as Trump's physician, Politico reports". CNN. Retrieved April 30, 2018.