Contributor

Dr. Jon LaPook

Medical Correspondent, CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley

Dr. LaPook is Chief Medical Correspondent, CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley and a guest blogger for the Huffington Post. He is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology and Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center. He graduated cum laude from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in biology and with honors from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with an M.D. He has done extensive work in the field of medical computing. Dr. LaPook lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.