Jonathan LaPook

Jonathan LaPook
Chief medical correspondent for CBS News
Personal details
Profession physician

Jonathan LaPook, MD (born September 1, 1953) is the Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News and is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Named the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology in 2013, he is Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and has an active medical practice in New York City. He joined CBS News in 2006.[1]

When LaPook joined CBS News, The New York Observer reported on the hire as a trend away from professional journalists covering expert fields and a tendency toward hiring subject matter experts to do journalism.[2]

Early life and education

LaPook was born in Mineola, N.Y. He graduated with honors from Yale University and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, receiving his M.D. in 1980. He completed a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He is married to Kate Lear, daughter of TV producer, Norman Lear.[3]

Career

Medicine

In 1986, Dr. LaPook began an active practice in gastroenterology and internal medicine at Columbia.[4] He continued to teach at Columbia University Medical Center and became Professor of Medicine. LaPook has done extensive work in the field of medical computing, including helping to develop an electronic textbook of medicine and writing a medical practice management software package that he sold in 1999 to a company that was later acquired by Emdeon Corporation, the parent company of WebMD. He is a published author, and is especially focused on educating the public about health issues. LaPook is the founder of the NYU Langone Empathy Project, whose goal is improve the interaction of health professionals and patients by creating a curriculum on video that teaches empathy to doctors, nurses and all members of the healthcare community.[5]

Journalism

In 2006, Dr.LaPook joined anchor Katie Couric at the "CBS Evening News" as Medical Correspondent. In 2013, he was named Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News, appearing regularly on "CBS This Morning," the "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley," CBS Radio, and CBSN, the first interactive streaming news network. He has interviewed patients, healthcare providers, researchers, thought-leaders, and government officials, including President Obama twice, in an attempt to provide insight and perspective on a wide range of health and medical subjects.[6]

Awards

LaPook has won two Emmy awards for his coverage in 2012 of the national shortage of drugs and for team coverage in 2013 of the Boston Marathon bombings. He has won two Edward R. Murrow Awards for “Best Broadcast” in 2007 and 2013.[7] He also won a 2015 New York Press Club Award for Journalism for “Eye on Ebola” WCBS-AM News Team Special.

References

  1. ↑ Huff, Richard (June 6, 2011). "Medical correspondent for CBS' 'Evening News' heals both staff, audiences". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Dana, Rebecca (18 September 2006). "To Couric, Dr. LaPook Is My Reporter, My Gastroenterologist | Observer". observer.com. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jonathan LaPook". nyulangone.org. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Jonathan LaPook". nyulangone.org. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Jonathan LaPook | Aspen Ideas Speaker". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  6. ↑ "Jonathan LaPook, M.D.". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  7. ↑ "CBS's Murrow Win: "An Average News Day, but the Evening News' Was Anything But Average"". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
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