Timothy Johnson (medical journalist)
| G. Timothy Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 9, 1936 |
| Education |
– Augustana College - North Park Theological Seminary - Albany Medical College - Harvard University |
| Occupation |
-Academic -Minister -Physician -Television journalist -Writer |
| Notable credit(s) |
Medical Reporter – ABC News Chief Medical Correspondent – ABC News |
| Religion | Christian (Evangelical Covenant Church) |
G. Timothy Johnson (born July 9, 1936)[1] is an American academic, a pastor, a physician, a television journalist, and a writer who, as "Dr. Tim Johnson", is known to television viewers as the longtime Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News on the ABC television network.
Education
Johnson received his undergraduate degree from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. In 1963, he graduated from North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois and became an ordained minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church.
After two years in the ministry, he entered medical school[2] and graduated summa cum laude from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York, and subsequently received a master's degree in public health from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medical career
For many years he has been a member of the faculty of the Harvard Medical School at Harvard University and on the staff of Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School and a biomedical research facility in Boston, Massachusetts.
Television career
Early television career
Johnson started his television career in the 1970s at WRGB-TV in Schenectady, NY while at Albany Medical Center. He moved to Boston and WCVB-Channel 5's Sunday Open House with a live, weekly segment interviewing other medical professionals about current medical issues.
ABC News
In 1975, he joined ABC News as the medical reporter, and later became the "Medical Editor" of Good Morning America (GMA), ABC News's morning-news-and-talk program upon its première on November 3, 1975. In over three decades at ABC News, he has reported for their various programs including World News Tonight, a daily evening-news program; Nightline, a late-night hard and soft news program; 20/20, a prime-time television-newsmagazine program.
Currently, Dr. Richard E. Besser is the Chief Medical Editor for ABC News; however, Johnson still serves as a correspondent. Typically, though not exclusively, Besser reports on developments in nutrition and pediatrics, while Johnson focuses on health issues for senior adults.
Retirement from WCVB
Johnson retired from WCVB at the end of 2012.[3]
Ministry
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.[4]
Bibliography
Johnson published a book Finding God in the Questions: A Personal Journey (2004) (InterVarsity Press, ISBN 978-0-8308-3214-9) 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?"
Notes
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ Tim Johnson (n.d.). "Finding God in the Questions – TV's Dr. Tim Johnson on His Struggle to Square Religious Belief with Scientific Discoveries". Beliefnet (Interview). Interview with Wendy Schuman. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ↑ After 40 Years at WCVB, Dr. Tim Johnson to Retire TVSpy, December 7, 2012
- ↑ "Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
External links
- Staff writer (March 1, 2006). "Meet Dr. Tim Johnson". ABC News. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
- Staff writer (2005-10-10). "Dr. G. Timothy Johnson. Evangelical Covenant Church. Accessed 2009-09-29.
- Dr. Tim Johnson at the Internet Movie Database