Health Medical
Resume:
"House M.D. vs. Reality"
R sum Andrew Holtz,
MPH
Communicating and
analyzing health and medical news and features for
both general and professional audiences.
Charter Member
and Past
President, Association of Health Care Journalists
7260
NW Penridge
Rd., Portland, OR
97229-6806
abqd1j@r.postjobfree.com
Selected Clients and
Projects
Author
The
follow-up to "The Medical Science of House, M.D." that looks into topics and issues from recent seasons of the TV hit series.
Published by Berkley/Penguin March 2011.
Author
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Real Lives of Surgical Residents.
Published by Berkley/Penguin in January 2010.
Author
The Medical
Science
of House, M.D.
The
facts behind the addictive medical drama starring Hugh
Laurie.
Published by Berkley/Penguin Oct. 2006.
HealthNewsReview.org
Reviewer Reviewer
of news reports about medicine.
Oncology
Times
Contributing
Writer
Columnist
-
ScriptDoctor column on Medicine in the Media
-
Fallout from CT screening exams: what should physicians do?
-
Intensive lifestyle intervention: behavior change in the real world
-
Why Lung Cancer Can’t
Get No Respect
Program Host, Commentator
Radio:
health issue commentaries, show host
Television:
Host/writer, Taking the Pulse,
pilot series of
health policy programs
Institute
of Medicine
Reviewer The
Future of
the Public's Health in the 21st Century
Nieman
Reports
Contributor
Reporting
on Health:
Frustrations
on the
Frontlines of the Health Beat
Oregon’s
Future
Guest
Forum Editor
Public Health &
Healthcare issue:
“Dear Public Health
Person: I’ve
Been Watching You”
PBS –
Correspondent -
Ethics of experimental
emphysema treatment,
- Labyrinths as a spiritual treatment tool,
- Disclosure of physician disciplinary reports
Running Press
Author
New
introduction to revised edition of
bestseller
"How to Live 365 Days a Year."
InTouch Magazine
Tobacco Issues Editor
- InFlamed
column, issues of tobacco or health
- “Can We Stop Teen Smoking?” (cover story)
- “Lance Armstrong profile” (cover story)
Kyodo TV/Fuji Network
Program Host Host of "From the
U.S. - The Frontline of America
Cancer
Treatment; Holtz Report,”
a series of programs broadcast in
Japan
ReutersHealth.com
Medical Meeting Reporter - World Conference on Tobacco OR
Health
- American Cancer Society Science Writers
- University of Michigan: “Tobacco's Future”
TLC: The
Learning Channel producer, writer
“Deadly Formula” – Was the boy killed by his mother or something else?
“With Every Breath” – A mystery illness floods the lungs of healthy young people, drowning them on dry land.
Timeline 1997 - present
Independent Health Journalist
Portland, Oregon
2004 - 2005
Interim
Executive Director, Assn. of Health Care Journalists
Responsible for supervising service to 800+ members in the US and
internationally, the AHCJ National Conference, and grant projects of
the Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism.
1998 - 1999
Kaiser Family
Foundation
Media Fellow
Project: Analysis of Tobacco Education Campaigns
1987 - 1997
CNN
Medical
Correspondent
Atlanta, Georgia
Responsible for researching, reporting and anchoring medical news and
feature programs, reports and documentaries; advised network on medical
and
health news
1983 - 1986
CNN
Correspondent
Los Angeles, California
Responsible for coverage of general news and features;
stories included
first scientific report of the Antarctic ozone hole, Voyager probe
fly-bys of outer planets, Halley's Comet, 1985 Mexico City earthquake
1980 - 1983
CNN
"Holtz Bureau"
Portland, Oregon
Monitored and reported NW news in the earliest years of CNN, including
the eruptions
of Mt. St. Helens
Trivia:
My first story was a live report on July 10, 1980 from Anchorage, AK
when President Carter announced that hostage Richard Queen would be
released by Iranian Ayatollah
Khomeini due to illness. CNN had been
broadcasting for only six weeks.
1978 - 1980
KENI-TV
(now
KTUU) Anchor/Reporter
Anchorage,
Alaska
1974 - 1976
KZSU-FM News
(1976 News
Director)
Stanford, California
1973 - 1974
WPEA-FM
Anchor
Exeter, New
Hampshire
Professional Associations
Association
of
Health Care Journalists
Board Member and Past President
Member, National Association of Science Writers,
Member, US Cochrane Center Advisory Group,
Academic Reports
Put
It Away!:
Using media attention to promote a ban on
Self-Service Tobacco Displays.
Social
Smoking:
A perspective on the social, economic and cultural
aspects of tobacco use.
Turning
the Rebellion:
How Florida tried to incite teens against
tobacco.
Florida's
Anti-Smoking Stumble:
Science, Politics and the Florida Tobacco
Pilot Program.
Oregon's
Measure 44:
Political alliances supporting creation of a
tobacco control program.
These reports can
be viewed at http://holtzreport.com/tob_links.htm
Awards
National Emmys:
Olympic Bomb & Oklahoma City Bombing
National Easter Seal Society: coverage of disability issues
American Cancer Society: Cancer & Poverty series
WorldFest Houston - Finalist: CNN Presents “Perfect People”
American
Society of Healthcare Publication Editors: ScriptDoctor Column
Education
Oregon
MPH, Master of Public Health, Health
Education/Promotion, 2002,
BA, Broadcast Communication, minor: Physics, 1978,
graduated
cum laude, 1974
School Year Abroad, Langenhagen,
Germany, 1973
Other Interests
Multnomah
County Bicycle & Pedestrian Citizen's Advisory Committee
Soccer Coach
German Language Studies
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