Medical Reporter – ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent – ABC News
G. Timothy Johnson (born July 9, 1936)[1] is an American academic, pastor, physician, television journalist, and writer who, as "Dr. Tim Johnson", is known to television viewers as the longtime Chief Medical Correspondent[2] for ABC News on the ABC television network.
Johnson started his television career in the 1970s at WRGB-TV in Schenectady, NY while at Albany Medical Center. He moved to Boston in 1972 and became a charter staffer at newly-signed-on WCVB-Channel 5's Sunday Open House with a live, weekly segment interviewing other medical professionals about current medical issues. He also hosted "House Call", a half-hour weekly series on answering health-related questions from viewers and interviewing doctors and nurses on various health topics. The show was popular and won WCVB-TV an Emmy.
He later became host of HealthBeat, a national health TV magazine program, from 1982 to 1984.[4]
Currently, Dr. Jennifer Ashton is the Chief Medical Editor for ABC News; however, Johnson still serves as a correspondent. Typically, though not exclusively, Ashton reports on developments in nutrition and pediatrics, while Johnson focuses on health issues for senior adults.
Johnson continues as a Pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Awards
Johnson was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State’s highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2013 in the area of Communications.[7]
Bibliography
Johnson published a book Finding God in the Questions: A Personal Journey (2004) (InterVarsity Press, ISBN978-0-8308-3214-9) describing his journey of how he became a Christian, and answering a series of questions, such as "Why Bother With Religion and the Bible?" and "What Did Jesus Teach?"
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