Jonathan LaPook
Jonathan LaPook | |
|---|---|
| Chief medical correspondent for CBS News | |
| assumed position 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jonathan David LaPook Mineola, New York, U.S. |
| Profession | physician |
Jonathan David LaPook is an American board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology who is the Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News. Named the Mebane Professor of Gastroenterology in 2013, he is Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and has an active medical practice in New York City. He joined CBS News in 2006.
When LaPook joined CBS 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.