.Pope Francis has chosen as his personal physician Dr. Roberto Bernabei, 69, a professor of internal medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and director of the Department of Geriatrics and Rehabilitative Medicine at Rome s Gemelli hospital. Bernabei is pictured in an undated photo provided by Gemelli hospital. (CNS photo/courtesy Gemelli hospital)
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Francis, 84, has chosen a specialist in internal medicine and gerontology to be his new personal physician, the Vatican said.
Dr. Roberto Bernabei, 69, is a professor of internal medicine at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and director of the Department of Aging, Orthopedics and Rehabilitative Medicine at Rome s Gemelli hospital.
February 24, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: Pope Francis has chosen a new personal physician: Dr. Roberto Bernabei, a professor of internal medicine at Rome’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, a former president of the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics. He replaces Dr. Fabrizio Soccorsi, who died in January of Covid complications.
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