
Will our next president be medically fit? And how much is the public entitled to know about candidates’ personal health?

David A. Friedman, MD, is an attending cardiologist at Northwell Health. He is also Director of Heart Failure Services at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital and an assistant professor of Cardiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine. He is board certified in Cardiovascular Diseases, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology.

Will our next president be medically fit? And how much is the public entitled to know about candidates’ personal health?

Published: September 15th 2016 | Updated: