{{Short description|Physician who founded the Lahey Clinic in Boston}}'''Frank Howard Lahey''' MD (June 1, 1880, [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]] – June 27, 1953, [[Boston, Massachusetts]]), was a physician who founded the [[Lahey Clinic]] in Boston in 1923. Lahey was nationally known in the U.S. medical profession as an administrator and teacher.<ref>[http://www.lahey.org Lahey Clinic website]</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02604327 | doi=10.1007/BF02604327 | title=Frank Howard Lahey | date=1981 | last1=Corman | first1=Marvin L. | journal=Diseases of the Colon & Rectum | volume=24 | issue=7 | page=569 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Consultation with President Franklin D. Roosevelt== In March 1944, Lahey was called to the [[White House]] to see President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. Lahey ultimately advised Roosevelt not to seek a fourth term, since Roosevelt was suffering with serious illnesses, possibly including cancer and advanced heart disease, expressing serious doubt that Roosevelt could survive another four years in office.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.history.com/news/memo-from-1944-warned-that-fdr-would-likely-die-in-office | title=Memo from 1944 Warned FDR Would Likely die in Office}}</ref> Lahey later agreed to suppress his report due to national security issues during wartime.
Roosevelt died in April 1945, of what his attending physician said was a [[cerebral hemorrhage]]. Lahey's report on Roosevelt's illness was finally published many years after his death.<ref>[http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/05/29/why_lahey_clinic_founder_frank_lahey_concealed_his_report_on_fdr/ David Steinberg MD, "Dr. Lahey's Dilemma", ''Boston Globe'' (May 29, 2011)]</ref><ref>[http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2011/04/what-killed-fdr WBUR's CommonHealth "Long-Lost 'Lahey Memo' on FDR's Health Unveiled" (April 8, 2011)]</ref><ref>[http://www.whav.net/cms/?p=1406 Tim Coco, "Haverhill's Dr. Lahey Took FDR Secret to the Grave", WHAV Open Mike Show/Haverhill Heritage Series (July 20, 2014)]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== *Harry S. Goldsmith MD, ''A Conspiracy of Silence: The Health and Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt'' ([[IUniverse]], 2007) {{ISBN|0595399428}}
==External links== *[http://www.lahey.org Lahey Clinic official website]
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