Neal Dunn

Physician and current representative

Neal Dunn represents Florida’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Republican, he first entered Congress on January 3, 2017. The current House directory identifies him as the district’s officeholder on October 28, 2026. Before elected office, Dunn worked as a physician and surgeon, served in the Army and participated in health-care and banking leadership in the Panama City area. His medical career is a substantial part of his biography, not merely an honorific attached to his congressional title. S1 S2 S3

The House historian records his birth in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 16, 1953. Dunn’s official biography describes growing up in an Army family that moved frequently. His later professional and civic connections are strongly associated with Bay County. Birthplace and Florida ties therefore describe different periods in his life: his Florida public service does not require him to have been born in the state. S1 S2

Medical education and military service

Dunn earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington and Lee University in 1975 and a medical degree from George Washington University in 1979. His official biography identifies residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a medical career in the Army before his lengthy private-practice work. These records support the distinction between undergraduate education, medical school and postgraduate clinical training. S1 S2

His office describes 15 years of Army medical service. The historical congressional entry gives a service-date range that does not cleanly reconcile with the narrative on his current biography. Rather than invent an explanation involving active and reserve periods, this profile does not print an exact start-and-end range for military service. The service itself and his medical training are documented; the conflicting detail remains an editorial verification item. S1 S2

Practice and institutional leadership in Florida

Dunn’s official account describes approximately 25 years of private urology practice in the Panama City area. It also identifies him as a founding president of the Advanced Urology Institute, a chief of staff at Gulf Coast Hospital and a participant in medical leadership at Bay Medical Sacred Heart. These roles involved clinical practice and organizational administration before his work in Congress. Their inclusion does not make this page a medical endorsement or a current appointment directory. S2

His background also includes service on the Florida Medical Association’s board and work on its legislative committee. That experience placed him in professional policy discussions before he became a federal lawmaker. The public biography records additional business involvement as a founding chairman of Summit Bank. Medicine and banking are distinct parts of his professional record and should not be collapsed into a generic description of “business experience.” S2

The same official biography lists past service involving Space Florida and Enterprise Florida. Those affiliations help explain the breadth of his pre-congressional public and economic-development activity. They are historical roles unless a current appointment is separately established; a biography should not automatically describe every board membership in a career summary as still active. S2

Entry into Congress

Dunn was first elected in 2016 and began House service in January 2017. The historian’s record shows continued service through the 119th Congress. Election year and service start should remain separate, especially when comparing his tenure with representatives who arrived through a special election. The current roster describes the 2nd District seat, while older campaign or congressional material may reflect earlier district boundaries. S1 S3

His shift from physician and civic leader to elected representative also changed his role in health policy. A representative can sponsor legislation, participate in committee oversight and vote on federal measures. That does not mean a congressional office delivers clinical care or can decide a constituent’s treatment. Readers seeking medical advice should not treat a legislator’s health-policy proposal as a personal care recommendation.

Current committee work

The House directory lists Dunn on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. His current biography also identifies a vice-chair role on Energy and Commerce. These assignments connect his work with health, communications, energy and economic-security issues. Older committee lists should not be substituted for the checked current assignments. S2 S3

Committee membership provides context for his sponsorship of the PSA Screening for HIM Act. On February 13, 2025, Dunn’s office announced the proposal to address insurance coverage for prostate-cancer screening among specified higher-risk insured men. The introduction is a documented legislative action. It is not presented here as an enacted coverage guarantee or a recommendation that every reader obtain a particular test. S4

The distinction is especially important for a physician-legislator. His clinical background explains why a health topic appears in his public record, but the proposed coverage rules, their legislative status and an individual patient’s medical needs are separate questions. The bill’s official text and actions should govern any later article describing what the measure would require.

Public information and contacts

Dunn’s current Washington listing is 466 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, telephone 202-225-5235. His official site also lists district offices in Panama City and Tallahassee. The Panama City public number is 850-785-0812, and the Tallahassee number is 850-891-8610. These are government office contacts, not medical-practice appointment lines. S2 S3