LLuminari Expert Network member and co-founder, Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., returned to television in August 2006 as NBC News' Chief Medical Editor. Since 2003 she has been Vice President, Consumer Education at Johnson & Johnson where she headed a new educational initiative, Understanding Health, which focused on educating and informing the public about health and medicine.
Dr. Snyderman is a Head and Neck cancer surgeon and has had appointments at the University of California-San Francisco and California-Pacific Medical Center. She joined the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department at the University of Pennsylvania in January 2005.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Snyderman served as the medical correspondent for ABC News for 17 years and was a contributor to 20/20. Prime Time Thursday, and Good Morning America. Prior to leaving ABC she was a frequent substitute co-host on Good Morning America.
Dr. Snyderman has reported on wide-ranging medical topics affecting both men and women. She has traveled the world and has reported from many of the worldÕs most troubled areas.
Degrees:
M.D., University of Nebraska
B.A., Microbiology University of Indiana
Associations:
Chief Medical Editor, NBC News
Former Vice President, Consumer Education, Johnson & Johnson
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Department, University of Pennsylvania
University of California - San Francisco
California Pacific Medical Center
Awards:
Research Grant Recipient, American Cancer Society
Research Grant Recipient, Kellogg Foundation
Research Grant Recipient, American Academy of Otolaryngology Ð Head and Neck Surgery
Dr. Snyderman has been recognized for her reporting by the Associated Press, United Press International, California Medical Association, and the Radio and Television News Directors Associations.
Appearances:
NBC News
Medical Correspondent, ABC News and Good Morning America
The View
Prime Time Thursday
CNN
Appears on numerous broadcasts
Publications:
Author, Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Guide to Good Health for Women Over Forty
Author, Necessary Journeys
Author, Girl in the Mirror: Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence
LLuminari Expert Network member and co-founder, Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., returned to television in August 2006 as NBC News' Chief Medical Editor. Since 2003 she has been Vice President, Consumer Education at Johnson & Johnson where she headed a new educational initiative, Understanding Health, which focused on educating and informing the public about health and medicine.