Lawrence K. Altman

Lawrence K. Altman
Born	(1937-06-19) June 19, 1937 (age 87) Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Milton Academy Harvard University Tufts University School of Medicine
Occupation(s)	Physician, journalist
Medical career
Field	Internal medicine
Institutions	The New York Times

Lawrence K. Altman (born June 19, 1937) ^[1] is an American internal medicine physician and medical journalist who has worked for The New York Times since 1969, when he first became the paper's medical correspondent. ^[2] He retired from his full-time position as medical correspondent in 2009, ^[3] but continues to work for the Times. ^{[1] [4]}

Altman is particularly known for his journalistic coverage of the health of American presidents and presidential candidates, ^{[4] [5]} though during his career at the Times, he wrote many prominent articles about other topics, including his coverage of the 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak and the first article in a newspaper to break the story of the then-new disease of HIV/AIDS in 1981. ^{[6] [7]}

Books

• Who Goes First? The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine (New York: Random House, 1987), 430 pp. ISBN   978-0520212817. ^[8]

References

1. "Lawrence K. Altman". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
2. "Lawrence K Altman". The Lancet. 353 (9153): 684. February 1999. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)75489-1.
3. Calderone, Michael (2009-01-26). "NYT's Altman retires after 40 years". Politico. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
4. Warren, James (2018-01-17). "Paging Dr. Altman: The Times beckons its doctor out of retirement for Trump health report card". Poynter Institute. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
5. "Fitness to lead: the health of US presidents". The Lancet. 403 (10431): 997. March 2024. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00528-2.
6. Oransky, Ivan (October 2006). "Lawrence K Altman". The Lancet. 368 (9543): 1231. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69504-4.
7. Kaiser, Charles (2023-09-26). "'Rather devastating': how the New York Times came to terms with Aids". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-04-15.
8. Mullan, Fitzhugh (1998-07-26) [1987-06-28]. "THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE". New York Times . p. 9. Archived from the original on 18 March 2025. Retrieved 2025-03-19.