Sean Conley

Conley was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central Bucks High School East,[2] and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2002.[3]

Conley received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine 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.[3] He served as the research director at Portsmouth Navy Department of Emergency Medicine prior to his assignment to the White House Medical Unit.[6]

Conley became the Physician to the President upon Ronny Jackson's nomination for Secretary of Veterans Affairs.[7] He became the acting White House physician on March 28, 2018 and on May 4, 2018 became the Physician to the President.[8]

On May 18, 2020, President Trump surprised listeners when he revealed he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative measure against COVID-19.[9] He confirmed that he was taking it under the guidance of Conley, who later issued a confirmation.[10] Several medical warnings[11][12] had been issued on its use for treating COVID-19 and scant research for its use in its prevention.