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Screening tools. and short of having any type of issue with a cognitive screening tool. i wouldnt recommend doing anything beyond that. >> are you saying, this is my ignorance. are we saying because of reagan, we had issues with reagan. and the issues about this president. cognitive testing, mental acute testing is not commonly part of an annual physical? >> im unaware of this ever being done before. as far as i know, no president has ever had a cognitive assessment as president of the united st...

Of congress. i think im like any other member of the administration who sees him and talks to him on a regular basis. if i saw something that was very concerning and i had concerns about his cognitive ability, something to that extent that i would bring that up to the proper people in the chain of command, maybe starting with the chief of staff or something. i think thats what every one else in the administration would do. so i dont think my role as a physician would be much different than any o...

Any other cognitive testing. its a screening tool. if you do well on it. anything above 26 is normal. if you do -- certainly if you get a 30 out of 30, you can confidently assume that youre done on the cognitive workup for now. >> do you have any concerns that the president is on twitter? >> i dont have any concern on that. >> thank you drshgs jackson. >> the president is the first nonsmoker to sit in the oval office since jimmy carter. can you say that that has extended his life in any way? mak...

Tool, i wouldnt recommend doing anything beyond that. >> are you saying this is -- this is my ignorance. are we saying that -- we had issues about this presidents cognitive testing and mental acuity was not part of the exam? >> as far as i know, no president has had a cognitive assessment as president of the united states. this is the very first time its ever happened. if anybody is aware of it happening before, they have information i dont have. because i looked extensively. not to mention i kn...

Member of the administration who sees him and talks to him regularly. if i saw something concerning and i had concerns about his cognitive ability or something to that extent, that i would bring that up to the proper people in the chain of command, maybe starting off with the chief of staff or something. thats what everyone else in the administration would do. so i dont think my role as a physician would be much different than any other member of the presidents administration if they thought som...

Questions are answered. going forward, would you recommend that presidents undergo that type of testing? >> no, i dont think so because like i said, i think that, you know, im comfortable with the algorithms that are out there. most of the algorithms out there start with personal observation and, you know, observation, you know, of the physician, you know, and the patient and, you know, the family and the patient, and then they go to screening questions after that. and then after screening quest...

You know, i think im just like any other member of the administration who sees him and talks to him on a regular basis. if i were to see something that was very concerning and i had concerns about his cognitive ability or something to that exteche extent, that i would bring that up to the proper people in the chain of command. maybe starting off with the chief of staff or something and, you know, i think thats what everyone else in the administration would do. so i dont think my role as a physic...

And psychologist that utilize these things will tell you that they will pick up stuff, you know, that even the patient sometimes is not aware of. so i think that theyre great screening tools and i think short of having any type of issue with that -- with a cognitive screening tool, i would recommend doing anything beyond that. >> are you saying -- this is my -- are we saying that because of reagan, all right, we had issues with reagan, and the issues about this presidents cognitive testing, ment...

See what tall it entaall it ent. it does rule out the need to do any other cognitive testing. thats the reason you do it. its a screening tool. if you do well on it, i think anything above 26 is normal. if you do certain -- if you get a 30 out of 30, i think you can, you know, you can confidently assume that youre done on the cognitive workup for now. >> do you have any concerns about the presidents use of twitter? >> no. i dont -- you know, twitter doesnt involve me as a doctor. i dont have any...

Cognitive testing, looking at things like a mini mental status exam and his cognitive abilities overall. as you point out, jake, and we heard from the white house earlier that was not likely to happen. he was not likely to get any sort of mental capacity or status examinations. if he did, we like by wouldnt hear about it anyway. there is no requirement that we do. keep in mind, most people over the age of 65 do get this standard with a physical exam. >> maybe that should be added to the repertoi...