Jennifer Ashton

Jennifer Ashton
Born (1969-04-23) April 23, 1969
George Air Force Base, California, U.S.
Occupation Ob-Gyn
Spouse(s) Dr. Robert C. Ashton, Jr. (divorced)
Children Alex, Chloë

Jennifer Lee Ashton (born April 23, 1969) is a physician, author, and television correspondent. She is chief health and medical editor and chief medical correspondent for ABC News and Good Morning America, chief women's health correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show, and a columnist for Cosmopolitan Magazine. She is also a frequent guest speaker and moderator for events raising awareness of women's health issues.

She is authorized by the Team USA medical network to care for female U.S. Olympians.

Early life and education

Ashton was born in California to Oscar Garfein, a New York City cardiologist, and Dorothy Garfein, a registered nurse. Her brother, Evan Garfein, is chief of plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery at Montefiore Hospital in New York City.[1]

She attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, New York City,[2] where she studied French and English.

In 1991, she graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University, with a bachelor's degree in art history.[3][4]

She received her medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2000.[3][5]

In 2016, she received her master's degree in nutrition from Columbia University.[5][6]

Career

A board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist,[7] Ashton completed her residency at St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York.[3][4]

She has practiced as an attending physician at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, an affiliate of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Englewood, New Jersey, and is currently in private practice.[8]

Ashton has authored numerous magazine articles and contributed to a health blog for The Record of Bergen, New Jersey. In addition, she has written three books: The Body Scoop for Girls (2009), which educates teenage girls on the topic of puberty; Your Body Beautiful (2012), which addresses health and wellness issues in middle-aged women; and Eat This When You're Expecting, Not That (2016), in which she outlines a diet designed specifically for pregnant women.

Ashton launched her television career in 2006 as the first female medical contributor to the Fox News Channel.[3][4][9] She appeared on The Learning Channel's A Baby Story, on PBS, and on Oprah & Friends XM radio's The Dr. Oz Show.[9][10]

She joined CBS News as a medical correspondent in 2009,[3][4] contributing to all CBS media platforms, with regular appearances on The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and The Early Show. She remains a featured expert commentator on WCBS Radio and its national affiliates.

Ashton co-hosted the shortlived ABC television series The Revolution, canceled in April 2012 due to poor viewership.[7][11][12]

She joined the ABC News medical unit as senior medical contributor in 2012, making regular appearances on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight.[13][14]

In 2013 she became an on-air personality for the daytime talk show The Doctors.[15]

Personal life

In January 2017, Ashton divorced Robert Ashton Jr., a thoracic and cardiac surgeon with whom she had two children, Alex and Chloe. On February 11, two weeks after the divorce was finalized, Robert, 52, committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge.[16] On June 6, 2018, after news of Kate Spade’s suicide broke, Ashton went public about her ex-husband’s death during an interview with colleague George Stephanapoulos on Good Morning America.

Ashton has revealed that she learned Transcendental Meditation through the David Lynch Foundation.[17]

Bibliography

  • The Body Scoop for Girls: A Straight-Talk Guide to a Healthy, Beautiful You, by Jennifer Ashton M.D., Ob-Gyn with Christine Larson, 2009, ISBN 1-5833-3458-0.
  • Your Body Beautiful: Clockstopping Secrets to Staying Healthy, Strong, and Sexy in Your 30s, 40s, and Beyond, by Jennifer Ashton M.D., Ob-Gyn with Christine Rojo, 2012, ISBN 1-5833-3458-0.
  • Eat This When You're Expecting, Not That: Your Complete Guide to the Very Best Foods For Every Stage of Pregnancy, by America's leading OB/GYN Jennifer Ashton, MD and David Zinczenko, 2016.

Awards and honors

In 2007, Ashton was recognized as a Woman of Achievement by the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey.[8] In 2008, she received the Hope for The Future Award from The Octoberwoman Foundation for Breast Cancer Awareness.[8]

Organizations

Ashton is a member of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.[18] She serves on the Board of Trustees of The Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism in Medicine and of The Community Chest.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.montefiore.org/body.cfm?id=1735&action=detail&ref=3252. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Women's Issues Club Dinner on Body Image Features Alumni Panelists". Horace Mann School. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dr. Jennifer Ashton: New Med Correspondent". CBS News. April 1, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ariens, Chris (March 31, 2009). "CBS' The Early Show Hires New Doc". Mediabistro. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Dr. Jennifer Asthon". The Doctors. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ Jennifer, Asthon (December 3, 2013). "Why I decided to go back to school???!!". Jennifer Ashton MD. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Dr. Ashton's Bio". Jennifer Ashton MD. The Brooks Group. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "All About The Thyroid With Dr. Jennifer Ashton". Women You Should Know. February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Jennifer Ashton". David Hale Smith Literary. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Dr. Jennifer Ashton Named CBS Broadcast News Correspondent". Englewood Hospital and Medical Center. April 15, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Jennifer Ashton, Tiffanie Davis Henry Join ABC Daytime's The Revolution". broadwayworld.com. Wisdom Digital Media. October 31, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ de Moraes, Lisa (April 11, 2012). "ABC cancels 'The Revolution,' hangs on to 'General Hospital'". Washington Post. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dr. Jennifer Ashton Joins ABC News". ABC News. October 22, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Dr. Jennifer Ashton". ABC MediaNet. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  15. ↑ "New Gig: Englewood's Dr. Jennifer Ashton joins "The Doctors"". bergen.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  16. ↑ DeMarco, Jerry (12 February 2017). "TV Medical Personality's Ex Jumps To Death From GWB". Fort Lee Daily Voice. Cantata Media. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  17. ↑ "Healthy Hollywood: Jennifer Ashton". Skinny Mom. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014. I felt that my body was in shape, but I needed to take care of my mind and spirit better. TM is easy, and involves just 20 min, twice a day. It is a great way to prevent or deal with stress. That’s my mental wellness ritual now
  18. ↑ Ashton MD, Jennifer; Rojo, Christine (2012). Your Body Beautiful: Clockstopping Secrets to Staying Healthy, Strong, and Sexy in Your 30s, 40s, and Beyond. Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 1583334580.
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