Mr. Specter. Are you working for board-certification?
Dr. Giesecke. Yes.
Mr. Specter. Will you outline briefly your educational background, please?
Dr. Giesecke. I graduated—how far back do you want me to go?
Mr. Specter. Start with college, graduation from college, if you would, please.
Dr. Giesecke. I was on an accelerated plan through the University of Texas but have no college degree. I matriculated to medical school in 1953, September 1953, graduated May 30, 1957, from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Tex. I did my internship at William Beaumont Army Hospital at El Paso, following which I served 24 months on active duty in the Army as an aviation medical officer. I was stationed primarily at the Presidio at San Francisco, Calif. Upon discharge from the Army, I came to Parkland Hospital, completed a 3-year residency in anesthesiology in July 1963. Since that time I have been an assistant professor on the anesthesiology staff at Southwestern Medical School.
Mr. Specter. Did you have occasion to render medical attention to President Kennedy on November 22, 1963?
Dr. Giesecke. Yes.
Mr. Specter. Will you outline the circumstances under which you were called into that matter?
Dr. Giesecke. I was eating lunch in the cafeteria when Dr. Jenkins approached the table and told me that the President had been shot and asked me to bring some resuscitative equipment from the operating room to the emergency room, which I did.