TV Series Tied to Health Care Debuts at Noon

By Sarah Lovenheim
As Howard Kurtz writes in today's Post, a new television show kicks off today that aims to cover the latest buzz in the health-care reform debate.

The show, coined ""Dr. Nancy," will air every weekday at noon on MSNBC. The star is a 52-year-old physician, Nancy Snyderman, who "hopes to educate as well as entertain" viewers on complex medical issues as Congress considers an overhaul of our nation's health system. Of her credentials, Snyderman told Kurtz: "I know how to explain complicated medical questions without being condescending."

Snyderman, a former pediatrician and cancer surgeon, has broadcast experience that stretches back to her early days in the medical field. Working in Little Rock early in her career, Kurtz says Snyderman became a regular guest on the ABC affiliate, "talking about head lice or heat stroke for $37.50 an appearance." Most recently, she's honed her media skills voicing her views as NBC's chief medical editor.

Her published work includes the following books: 'Dr. Nancy Snyderman’s Guide to Good Health for Women Over Forty', 'Necessary Journeys', and 'Girl in the Mirror: Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence.'

To read more about MSNBC's new show, check out today's Media Notes.