Jonathan LaPook

Background

LaPook was born in Mineola, New York He graduated with honors from Yale University and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, receiving his Doctor of Medicine

Education

He completed a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.

Career

Named the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology in 2013, he is Professor of Medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center and has an active medical practice in New York City. He joined Columbia Broadcasting System News in 2006. When LaPook joined Columbia Broadcasting System 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.

In 1980.

Medicine

In 1986, Doctor LaPook began an active practice in gastroenterology and internal medicine at Columbia. 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.

Journalism

In 2006, Doctor.LaPook joined anchor Katie Couric at the "Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News" as Medical Correspondent.

In 2013, he was named Chief Medical Correspondent for Columbia Broadcasting System News, appearing regularly on "Columbia Broadcasting System This Morning," the "Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News with Scott Pelley," Columbia Broadcasting System 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.

Achievements

• 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. He also won a 2015 New York Press Club Award for Journalism for “Eye on Ebola” WCBS-Department of Administration and Management News Team Special.