Jonathan LaPook Biography
Jonathan LaPook is a CBS News Chief Medical Correspondent and an American board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology. In 2006, he joined CBS News.
Jonathan LaPook Age
He was born Jonathan David LaPook on September 1, 1953, in Mineola, New York, United States of America. David is 69 years old as of September 2022.
Jonathan LaPook Education
He received his M.D. in 1980 after graduating with honors from Yale University and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. At New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, he completed an internal medicine residency and a gastrointestinal fellowship.
Jonathan LaPook Family
LaPook was born and raised in Mineola, New York, the son of Elsa (née Eisenbud) and Sidney LaPook (1928-2018), a dentist and World War II soldier. Judith LaPook, Nancy LaPook Diamond, and Corinne LaPook are his three sisters.
Jonathan LaPook Wife- Children
He is married to Kate Lear. They have two sons.
Jonathan LaPook Career
LaPook began an active practice in gastrointestinal and internal medicine at Columbia University in 1986. He went on to become a Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. LaPook has done substantial work in the field of medical computers, including contributing to the development of an electronic medical textbook and designing a medical practice management software package that he sold in 1999 to a business that was eventually acquired by Emdeon Corporation, the parent company of WebMD. He is a published author who is passionate about teaching the public about health issues. LaPook is the originator of the NYU Langone Empathy Project, whose purpose is to improve the connection between health professionals and patients by developing a video curriculum that teaches empathy to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
LaPook joined anchor Katie Couric’s “CBS Evening News” as Medical Correspondent in 2006. He was elected CBS News’ Chief Medical Correspondent in 2013, and he appears often on CBS Mornings, the “CBS Evening News,” CBS Radio, and CBS News Streaming. In an effort to provide insight and perspective on a wide range of health and medical topics, he has interviewed patients, healthcare providers, researchers, thought leaders, and government officials, including President Obama twice. LaPook established The Empathy Project at NYU Langone Medical Center in 2014, with the concept that good interpersonal interaction between patient and caregiver is crucial to providing quality medical treatment.
Jonathan LaPook Net Worth
LaPook has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars as of 2023.