Nancy Snyderman

Biography

Dr. Nancy Snyderman joined NBC News as the network`s chief medical editor in September 2006. Her reports have appeared on The Today Show, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams, MSNBC, and MSNBC.com.

Snyderman has reported on wide-ranging medical topics affecting society and has traveled the world extensively, reporting from many of the world`s most troubled areas. In 2010, Snyderman traveled to Haiti where she reported on the devastation from the earthquake. . She is on staff in the Department of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as the Medical Director of GE`s Healthymagination initiative and serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Prior to joining NBC News, Snyderman served as Vice President of Consumer Education at Johnson & Johnson. There she focused on the importance of digital health. She also served as the medical correspondent for ABC News for 17 years and was a contributor to 20/20, Primetime, and Good Morning America. She was a frequent substitute co-host on Good Morning America.

Snyderman attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and continued with residencies in pediatrics and ear, nose, and throat surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the surgical staff at the University of Arkansas in 1983 and began her broadcasting career shortly after at KATV, the ABC affiliates in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Snyderman`s medical work has been widely published in peer review journals and she is the recipient of numerous research grants. She was awarded a Kellogg fellowship in 1987. She has also been recognized in broadcasting with Emmy, DuPont, and Gracie Awards. Nancy Snyderman is a New York Times best-selling author, having written five books: Dr. Nancy Snyderman`s Guide to Good Health for Women Over Forty, Necessary Journeys, Girl in the Mirror: Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence, Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat, and Medical Myths That Can Kill You.

Snyderman lives in Princeton, N.J., with her husband, Doug. She has three children, Kate, Rachel and Charlie.

Publications

"Medical Myths That Can Kill You -- And the 101 Truths That Will Save, Extend, and Improve Your Life,"

Snyderman, chief medical editor for NBC News, here examines some common medical myths-e.g., that only old people get heart attacks and strokes, that "natural" means safe-explaining why they have become so prevalent, why they are wrong, and what sensible approaches people can take to avoid inadvertently damaging their health because of false beliefs.

Along the way, she points out some little-known truths that can improve health and longevity, e.g., that hyperactivity is unrelated to sugar, that sunglasses can prevent blindness, and that drug mistakes are a leading cause of death and illness in this country. Every page is filled with useful facts in this fascinating and well-researched and written book accessible to all readers.

Titles

A Focus on Women and Medicine: Why It Matters

How to Juggle Life: Health, Career, Motherhood & Everything in Between

Facing the Medical Future of America

A Journey to Health: Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Healing

Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat

Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn from Life

Healthcare: A Physician's View