Charles Rufus Baxter

The testimony of Dr. Charles Rufus Baxter was taken at 11:15 a.m., on March 24, 1964, at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Arlen Specter, assistant counsel of the President's Commission.


May the record show that Dr. Charles Baxter is present in response to a letter requesting him to appear and give his deposition. For the record I shall state that the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy is investigating all facets of the shooting, including the medical treatment performed on President Kennedy.
Dr. Baxter has been asked to give a deposition on his participation in connection with the care and medical treatment of President Kennedy, and with that statement of purpose, would you please stand up, Dr. Baxter, and raise your right hand.
Do you solemnly swear the testimony you give before the President's Commission in the course of this deposition proceeding will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do.

Would you state your full name, please?

Charles Rufus Baxter.

What is your profession, sir?

I am a medical doctor of surgery, general surgeon.

Will you outline briefly your educational background?

University of Texas--1948 through 1950, Southwestern Medical School, 1950 through 1954, 1955 straight medicine internship, 1956 medicine residency--internal medicine residency, 1956 through 1958, surgical research at Brooke Army Medical Center, 1958 through 1964--surgical residency, and 1964 through the present--this is 1964, I got out of the Army--in 1958, 1958 through 1962--surgery residency, and 1962 until now, assistant professor of surgery.

And are you board certified, Doctor?

Yes.

And what boards have you passed?

The American Board of Surgeons.

And what year were you so certified?

1963.

And what is your specific title at the medical school?

Assistant professor of surgery.

Did you have occasion to aid in the treatment of President Kennedy at Parkland Hospital?

Yes.