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 February 18,
2007 Guest - Dr. G. Timothy Johnson
Program: Facing the Big Questions in Life
Dr.
G. Timothy Johnson is one of the nation's
leading medical communicators of health care information. As Medical
Editor for ABC News, Johnson provides on-air medical analysis for "World
News Tonight," "Nightline" and "20/20." He has provided commentary on
medical problems and answers for viewers of
ABC News' "Good Morning America" since the program's debut
in 1975.
Johnson's programs and feature reports have
won several awards, including a National Emmy Award from the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as two Emmy Awards from
the Boston/New England Chapter of the same organization.
He earned a Gabriel Award in 1999 in the best
news story category for the two-part piece, "Alzheimer's: A Faded
Memory." Johnson was selected as the recipient of the 1998 Bradford
Washburn Award presented by the Museum of Science, Boston — an honor
also bestowed upon Jacques Cousteau, Walter Cronkite, Dr. Jane Goodall
and Alan Alda, among others. In 1988, he received the Lewis Thomas Award
for Communications from the American College of Physicians, and in 1987
and 1989, he won the Howard W. Blakeslee Award given by the American
Heart Association.
Johnson is the founding editor of the Harvard
Medical School Health Letter and co-editor of the "Harvard Medical
School Health Letter Book." He is also co-editor of the book "Your Good
Health," co-author of "Let's Talk," and author of "Dr. Timothy Johnson's
OnCall Guide to Men's Heath" and "Finding God in the Questions: A
Personal Journey."
Originally headed for the ministry, he
graduated from North Park Seminary in 1963, then decided two years later
to enter medicine. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Augustana College, he
graduated summa cum laude from Albany Medical College and holds a
masters degree in public health from Harvard University. He is on the
faculty at Harvard Medical School and on the staff of Massachusetts
General Hospital.
Johnson is married with two children and one
grandchild.
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