Dorie Klissas

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Dorie Klissas
Born (1962-12-11) December 11, 1962 (age 61)
Queens, New York
CitizenshipUnited States, Greece (dual citizen)
Alma mater Harvard University
Graduate School of International Affairs, Geneva
Occupation(s)Journalist, Marketing Executive
Years active1986-present
Employer(s) NBC
CBS
Mount Sinai Health System
Hackensack Meridian Health
Organization Association for Women in Communications
American Hellenic Institute
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Known forMedical journalism and medical marketing
Television CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Today (American TV program)
Awards Emmy Award
Edward R. Murrow Award
Website http://dorieklissas.com/site/

Dorie Klissas is an American Emmy award-winning [1] television news producer specializing in medical segments [2] and covering seven Olympic games for national NBC and CBS broadcasts. In print journalism, her work focuses on issues pertaining to the Greek American community. She has been a branding and marketing executive for metropolitan healthcare systems including the Mount Sinai Health System and Hackensack Meridian Health. She is a competitive tennis player and, as of 2024, an active tennis advocate. [3]

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Biography

Education

She earned a Bachelor’s from Harvard University, [4] majored in European History and played on the varsity tennis team. [5] As a Rotary Foundation Scholar, she pursued studies at the Graduate School of International Affairs in Geneva.

Athletics

In the 18 and under age group, she later achieved a national ranking of #101 in the United States Tennis Association and was ranked #9 in the Eastern Tennis Association and as of 2024 has a current ranking of 3.8 out of 4 at TennisRecord. [6]

Early Career

Her early work included internships in the Press Office at the Greek Embassy in Washington, DC, and in the Scheduling Office of Michael S. Dukakis in Boston. She began her television career as an intern for Bud Collins at the US Open Tennis Championships in New York. [7] [8]

Television production

CBS Evening News

As a journalist and producer, Klissas focused on health and medicine. Between 2006 and 2008, she served as chief medical producer for Katie Couric and medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook at the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.” [8] [9] She received a producer credit for the 2008 Edward R. Murrow "Best Newscast" award for "CBS Evening News".

NBC Today

Klissas worked as a producer for NBC’s Today show from 1994 to 2006, covering news and medical series. She produced Katie Couric’s interviews with the actor Christopher Reeve [8] and earned two Gracie Allen Award s, along with an Emmy nomination for her story on Lauren Manning, a burn victim and survivor from the 2001 World Trade Center attack. [10]

Olympics coverage

Klissas worked as a freelance associate director during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. As a producer, she worked at CBS Sports on the Olympic Unit, producing feature stories on athletes for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. As a freelance producer, she worked with Bob Costas at NBC during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. During her tenure at NBC Today, she covered the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She was city producer for Matt Lauer’s “Where in the World?” segments, coordinating production in Morocco, Athens, and Mykonos. [7] [11] [12] [13]

Health marketing

Klissas was senior vice president and chief marketing officer from 2019 to 2023 at Hackensack Meridian Health. [14] [15] In this position, she oversaw development, and execution of digital engagement, brand strategy, communications and marketing initiatives. In 2023, she won the Marketing Campaign of the Year for a strategy named “We’re Ready”. [16]

From 2012 to 2019, she was senior associate dean of Marketing and Communications at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, where she served as vice president of Marketing and Communications for the Mount Sinai Health System. From 2008 to 2012 she led Media and Public Relations at Montefiore Health System, and at NYU Langone Health. [4]

Awards and honors

Partial list:

Emmy award and nominations

Klissas won an Emmy award for coverage of the 1992 Summer Olympics by NBC Sports in Barcelona. She was nominated 2012 for a segment on 9/11 Burn Victim Lauren Manning; Katie Couric, anchor, Dorrie Klissas, producer. [1]

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