Nancy L. Snyderman, MD, spent decades helping millions of Americans understand their health. But when it came to her own health, it was a nudge from a friend that finally pushed her to get the care she really needed.

Nancy L. Snyderman, MD, began her career caring for one patient at a time. After medical school, Nancy became a board-certified surgeon, working at academic medical centers, and she kept running into the same gap: the distance between what doctors knew and what patients actually understood about their own health. Television, she realized, could help close it. “A big part of being a doctor, for me, was putting humanity back into…

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