# Frank Lahey

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Physician who founded the Lahey Clinic in Boston

**Frank Howard Lahey** MD (June 1, 1880, [Haverhill, Massachusetts](/source/Haverhill%2C_Massachusetts) – June 27, 1953, [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts)), was a physician who founded the [Lahey Clinic](/source/Lahey_Clinic) in Boston in 1923. Lahey was nationally known in the U.S. medical profession as an administrator and teacher.[1][2]

## Consultation with President Franklin D. Roosevelt

In March 1944, Lahey was called to the [White House](/source/White_House) to see President [Franklin D. Roosevelt](/source/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.[3] 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](/source/Cerebral_hemorrhage). Lahey's report on Roosevelt's illness was finally published many years after his death.[4][5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Lahey Clinic website](http://www.lahey.org)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Corman, Marvin L. (1981). ["Frank Howard Lahey"](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02604327). *Diseases of the Colon & Rectum*. **24** (7): 569. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/BF02604327](https://doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02604327).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Memo from 1944 Warned FDR Would Likely die in Office"](http://www.history.com/news/memo-from-1944-warned-that-fdr-would-likely-die-in-office).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [David Steinberg MD, "Dr. Lahey's Dilemma", *Boston Globe* (May 29, 2011)](http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2011/05/29/why_lahey_clinic_founder_frank_lahey_concealed_his_report_on_fdr/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [WBUR's CommonHealth "Long-Lost 'Lahey Memo' on FDR's Health Unveiled" (April 8, 2011)](http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2011/04/what-killed-fdr)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Tim Coco, "Haverhill's Dr. Lahey Took FDR Secret to the Grave", WHAV Open Mike Show/Haverhill Heritage Series (July 20, 2014)](http://www.whav.net/cms/?p=1406)

## Bibliography

- Harry S. Goldsmith MD, *A Conspiracy of Silence: The Health and Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt* ([IUniverse](/source/IUniverse), 2007) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0595399428](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0595399428)

## External links

- [Lahey Clinic official website](http://www.lahey.org)

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