Corey Hébert on set at the WDSU-TV studio in New Orleans

Corey Hébert is an American physician, journalist, and educator practicing in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the Chief Medical Correspondent for WWL-TV, the CBS Affiliate for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He is an assistant professor in private practice at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Tulane University.[1] Hébert is also the Chief Medical Officer of CareRx Inform, a prescription service.

Hébert was the first and only Chief Medical Editor/Correspondent for Black News Channel (BNC)[2] and is the Chief Executive Officer of Community Health TV and College Health TV. Hebert was previously the on-air Chief Medical Editor for WDSU, the NBC television affiliate New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and for Hearst-Argyle Broadcasting for over 17 years. Hebert was also an on-air expert for the Dr. Oz show for 11 years. He is the former Chief Medical Officer for the New Orleans Public School District (NOPS) as well as the Medical Director of the Louisiana Recovery School District. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Dillard University.[3]

Early life

Hébert was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 4, 1969. He was educated in the Baton Rouge area, including Catholic High School. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon graduation he did his internship and residency at Tulane University Medical Center and Charity Hospital of New Orleans. Hébert was chosen as Chief Resident of Pediatrics in 2000 at Tulane Medical Center which made him the first African American[4] to hold that position in the history of that institution.

Career

Hébert has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show,[5] The Early Show with Harry Smith on CBS, CNN, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, The Huffington Post, Good Morning America, The Today Show and the National Geographic Channel, Current TV, Aljazeera America, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Dr. Nancy and on The Meredith Viera Show, MSNBC's The Ed Show and AM Joy with Joy Reid. He was featured in the Spike Lee feature film When the Levees Broke. He hosts a weekly radio show on the Cumulus Broadcasting Network titled Doctor for the People[6] which has an interactive platform for Hébert to connect with urban communities. He has contributed to the Discovery Channel television show How Stuff Works and to the Dr. Oz show. Hébert is a medical consultant for Glaxo Smith Kline, Novartis, Mead Johnson, Chevron, and Essence Magazine. Hébert is the Chief Executive Officer of College Health TV.

Hébert helped create and is featured on Netflix in the first full-length documentary about ADHD entitled Take Your Pills.

He testified before the United States Congress on April 28, 2010, on the safety of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers.

Hebert was asked by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to serve as an Executive Committee appointee for the Louisiana Health Equity Task Force.

Hebert published his first book entitled Sick·le: Awakening the Truth about Sickle Cell Disease which is a guide that chronicles patient experiences with sickle cell disease. In April 2023, Hebert launched a podcast with Kier "Junior" Spates called, Living Your Life, in which the duo will discuss Sickle Cell disease.

Personal life

Hébert lives in New Orleans, and he has two children.

References

  1. ↑ "Launch of website on black health".
  2. ↑ "Black News Channel Chief Medical Editor".
  3. ↑ "Dillard University | Home". www.dillard.edu.
  4. ↑ "Celeb Doctor".
  5. ↑ "Physician Launches Black Health Website". news.yahoo.com.
  6. ↑ "Doctor for the people". Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-08-22.


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