Mr. SPECTER. Prior to the time that we went on the record here with the court reporter, did you and I have a very brief conversation concerning the purpose of the deposition and the general questions which I would ask you on the record? Dr. CURTIS. Yes. Mr. SPECTER. And is the information which you have provided on the record the same as that which you gave me before the court reporter started taking notes? Dr. CURTIS. Yes. Mr. SPECTER. Do you have anything to add which you think would be helpful to the Commission in its work? Dr. CURTIS. No; I don't think so. Mr. SPECTER. Thank you very much, Dr. Curtis, for coming here today. Dr. CURTIS. All right. TESTIMONY OF DR. FOUAD A. BASHOUR The testimony of Dr. Fouad A. Bashour was taken at 1:15 p.m., on March 25, 1964, at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Arlen Specter, assistant counsel of the President's Commission. Mr. SPECTER. May the record show that Dr. Fouad Bashour has appeared pursuant to a letter of request from the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, in connection with the Commission's inquiry into all of the factors surrounding the assassination of the President, including medical treatment received at Parkland Hospital, and Dr. Bashour's knowledge, if any, as related to the treatment in the emergency room. With that preliminary statement of purpose, Dr. Bashour, would you mind rising and then raise your right hand? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you give before the President's Commission in this deposition proceeding will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Dr. BASHOUR. I do. Mr. SPECTER. Would you state your full name for the record, please? Dr. BASHOUR. F-o-u-a-d (spelling), Fouad A. Bashour. Mr. SPECTER. What is your profession, sir? Mr. BASHOUR. I am an internist with a specialization in cardiology. I am associate professor of medicine. Mr. SPECTER. Are you duly licensed by the State of Texas to practice medicine here? Dr. BASHOUR. Yes. Mr. SPECTER. And are you board certified at the present time? Dr. BASHOUR. No, sir; I don't have my board because I am not yet a citizen. I will be taking my citizenship this year, I hope, and then I will be able to sit for the board. Mr. SPECTER. Did you have occasion to assist in the treatment of President Kennedy back on November 22, 1963? Dr. BASHOUR. Yes; we were called from the dining room, the doctors' dining room, and we went directly to the President Kennedy room. Mr. SPECTER. When you say "we" whom do you mean by that? Dr. BASHOUR. Dr. Seldin and myself--we left the dining room and went right straight down to the President's room. Mr. SPECTER. And what is Dr. Seldin's first name? Dr. BASHOUR. Donald. Mr. SPECTER. And what is his specialty, if any? Dr. BASHOUR. He's chairman of the department of medicine and professor of medicine. He is a specialist and a recognized famous specialist in renal diseases.