Joe Giordano, surgeon who helped save President Reagan’s life after assassination attempt, has died
July 3, 2025
Dr. Joseph Giordano, a surgeon who played a central role in saving President Ronald Reagan’s life after an assassination attempt in 1981, has died. He was 84. Giordano was in charge of George Washington University Hospital’s trauma teams that treated Reagan when he arrived suffering from a serious gunshot wound to the chest. Over the course of several dramatic hours, doctors stabilized Reagan, retrieved a bullet an inch from his heart and stanched massive internal bleeding.
