Gene Coleman Akin

The testimony of Dr. Gene Coleman Akin was taken at 11:30 a.m., on March 25, 1964, at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. Arlen Specter, assistant counsel of the President's Commission.


May the record show that Dr. Gene Akin is present in response to a letter request that he appear to have his deposition taken in connection with an inquiry being conducted by the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy. Dr. Akin is being asked to appear here today to testify concerning his knowledge, if any, about the condition of President Kennedy on arrival in Parkland Hospital and his treatment here.
With that preliminary statement of purpose, Dr. Akin, will you rise and raise your right hand, please?
Do you solemnly swear the testimony you shall 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?

I do.

Will you state your full name, please?

Gene Coleman Akin.

What is your profession?

Medicine.

Are you duly licensed to practice in Texas, to practice medicine?

Yes.

Do you have any specialty?

Anesthesiology.

And are you board-certified?

No.

Are you working toward board-certification?

Yes.

Would you outline briefly your educational background?

Premedical school at University of Texas in Austin, medical school, Southwestern Medical School Branch of the University of Texas, internship, Dallas Methodist Hospital, and anesthesiology residence at Parkland Memorial Hospital, starting in July 1962.

And, in what year did you graduate from medical school?

1961.

And how old are you at the present time, Doctor?

Thirty-four.

Did you have occasion to render assistance to President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?

Briefly.

Would you state how you came to be called into the case?