ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Janet G. Travell, M.D./Official White House Physician

April 03, 1961

Bobby Travell, the first woman to serve officially as White House physician, earned her M.D. at Cornell University Medical College in 1926, with the highest academic standing in her class. Because of her interest in muscular disorders, she was called in 1955 to help the then Senator Kennedy recover from a serious back injury, and he has been her patient ever since. Besides being a doctor, Bobby is a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and a formidable sportswoman who swims, rides and plays tennis regularly.