Parkland Trauma Room One Reunion
Published 2013-12-17
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza presented "Parkland Hospital: Trauma Room One Reunion" on September 24, 2013. The program featured Dr. Ronald C. Jones and Dr. Robert N. McClelland, two of the physicians who contributed to President John F. Kennedy's treatment in Trauma Room One, and—less than 48 hours later—tried to save the life of the accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Dr. Jones was the chief surgery resident in Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency room on November 22, 1963. Dr. McClelland was an instructor in surgery at the time, and he assisted in the surgery of Texas Governor John Connally. Moderator was WFAA-TV's award-winning anchor John McCaa. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org/).
