Nancy L. Snyderman

Biography

Dr. Snyderman has been a director of Alkermes since May 2016. She most recently served as Chief Medical Editor at NBC News, and has more than three decades of experience as a leading voice in healthcare and medicine. Dr. Snyderman is a board certified Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon and Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of GE’s Healthymagination. Dr. Snyderman is a board member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Mass., the Albright Institute at Wellesley College, and The Eye and Ear Foundation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is a Consulting Professor in the School of Global Health at Stanford University and a Consulting Professor of Medical Communication in the School of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Snyderman co-founded the Stanford University-NBC News Global Media Fellowship. In addition, Dr. Snyderman has 28 years of experience as a medical journalist at NBC News and ABC News. She has received distinguished honors, including Emmy Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award, a Columbia University DuPont Award and a Gracie Award, for her reporting. Prior to her work in journalism, Dr. Snyderman worked at Johnson & Johnson as Vice President Corporate Communications. Dr. Snyderman attended the University of Nebraska Medical School and completed residencies in Pediatrics and Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

Research Interest

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