David Drew Pinsky, commonly known as Dr. Drew, is an American celebrity doctor who is an internist, addiction medicine specialist, and media personality. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016. On television, he hosts the talk show Dr. Drew On Call on HLN, and hosted the daytime series Lifechangers on The CW. In addition, he serves as producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House and hosts podcasts on the Adam Carolla podcast network.
Sanjay Gupta is an American neurosurgeon and medical reporter. He serves as associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and as assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine.
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, colloquially known as P&S and formerly Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, is the graduate professional medical school of Columbia University. Located at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan with its affiliate New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Founded in 1767 by Samuel Bard as the medical department of King's College, the College of Physicians and Surgeons was one of the first medical schools in the thirteen colonies and hence, the United States, to award the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree. Beginning in 1993, P&S also was the first U.S. medical school to hold a white coat ceremony.
Dean Edell is an American physician and broadcaster who hosted the Dr. Dean Edell radio program, a syndicated radio talk show which aired live from 1979 until December 10, 2010. He was also nationally syndicated in television as a medical news reporter and host of his own television shows including NBC's Dr. Dean.
The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) is a private medical school college with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and an additional campus in Suwanee, Georgia. PCOM offers degree programs in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, psychology, physician assistant studies, and forensic medicine. With 2,418 students (2014–15), PCOM is one of the oldest and largest osteopathic medical schools in the world.
Medical intern is a term used in some countries to describe a physician in training who has completed medical school and has a medical degree, but does not yet have a full license to practice medicine unsupervised. Medical education generally ends with a period of practical training similar to internship, but the way the overall program of academic and practical medical training is structured differs depending upon the country, as does the terminology used.
The University of Illinois College of Medicine offers a four-year program leading to the MD degree at four different sites in Illinois: Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, and formerly Urbana–Champaign. The Urbana–Champaign site stopped accepting new students after Fall 2016 to make room for the newly established Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
Dr. Bruce Hensel is an 11 time Emmy award-winning former Chief Medical Correspondent for KNBC. He is also currently a producer, writer, director, journalist, and physician. He had previously acted in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and the 1980s TV soap opera Capitol.
Narrative medicine is a medical approach that utilizes people's narratives in clinical practice, research, and education as a way to promote healing. It aims to address the relational and psychological dimensions that occur in tandem with physical illness, with an attempt to deal with the individual stories of patients. In doing this, narrative medicine aims not only to validate the experience of the patient, but also to encourage creativity and self-reflection in the physician.
Gary S. Sy, popularly known as Dr. Gary Sy, is a medical practitioner, television host, radio broadcaster, columnist, and author in the Philippines. He is one of the few doctors specializing in Geriatric Medicine in the country.
Radio Parallax is a weekly public affairs radio show created and hosted by physician Douglas Everett. Radio Parallax covers topics in the political and scientific arena. The show is also noted for its prominent guests consisting of semi-national figures, authors, investigative journalists, and documentary filmmakers.
Donnica Moore is an American physician and women's health advocate, best known as an author and media commentator on women's health issues. Moore, who is known professionally as Dr. Donnica, has appeared over 800 times on U.S. television shows such as The Dr. Oz Show; The Today Show; CNN, the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Tyra Banks Show, The View, ABC, The Anderson Cooper Show, Good Morning America Health, and is quoted in several articles on the health website WebMD. In 2007 Moore gained attention for teaching TV presenter Tyra Banks to breast feed on Banks' television talk show. Footage of the lesson accumulated over two million views on YouTube. Her book, Women's Health for Life, is a popular resource on women's health.
The Doctors is an American syndicated talk show airing daily on television in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Television Distribution. The series is a spin-off of Dr. Phil and is the first talk show to be a third generation talk show spin-off, as Dr. Phil itself spun off The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Brian McDonough is an Irish-American physician, writer, and media personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the author of four books including Talking Health with Dr. Brian McDonough.
The Boonshoft School of Medicine is the medical school at Wright State University. The School is located in Dayton, Ohio, and serves the Miami Valley region of southwestern Ohio.
Paul Grundy MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM, known as the "Godfather" of the Patient Centered Medical Home, member of the Institute of Medicine and recipient of the prestigious Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award in 2016 and the 2012 National Committee for Quality Assurance(NCQA) Quality Award, is IBM's Global Director of Healthcare Transformation.
Daliah Wachs is an American radio personality, host of the "Doctor Daliah" show. Wachs is a board certified family physician who started a radio show to allow callers to receive free medical advice on the air during the recession in early 2009 on KLAV in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was picked up by KDWN in Las Vegas later that month and by KFNX in Phoenix, Arizona by late 2009. In April 2010 The Dr. Daliah Show began airing on WZFG in Fargo, North Dakota. Within two years of her premiere on air, her show expanded to several cities, and XM Satellite began airing her show nationally in January 2011 on America's Talk Channel 158, and soon thereafter Channel 166.
Richard P. Usatine is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. He is Assistant Director of Medical Humanities Education at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has devoted his life to providing compassionate care for underserved populations nationally and globally. His teaching and writing has served to advance humanism in medicine and advocate for social justice. His passion for photography has led him to create over 25,000 clinical images now being in many books, monographs, journal articles and educational websites.
T. Brian Callister is an American physician who works on care transitions. He is a critic of assisted suicide and euthanasia. Callister served as the National Medical Director, Chief Medical Officer, and Senior Physician Executive at The LifeCare Family of Hospitals, a system of specialty care hospitals, from 2004 - 2016. He serves as an academic hospitalist and associate professor of internal medicine in Reno, NV and is the Governor-elect of Nevada for the American College of Physicians. Much of his work is focused on healthcare policy, quality improvement, and end-of-life issues.
Jawahar (Jay) Kalra MD, PhD, FRCPC, FCAHS, CCPE is a Canadian physician, award-winning clinical researcher, educator, academic leader, and community builder. Dr. Kalra is a professor at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, an Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, UK and a Canadian Certified Physician Executive Leader (CCPE). Dr. Kalra also serves as a member, Board of Governors, University of Saskatchewan and Board of Directors, Council of Canadian Academies (CCA).
