Biography

Dr. Nancy Snyderman is an accomplished Head and Neck surgeon, health care systems expert, and corporate director.
Dr.Snyderman currently serves on the boards of Alkermes (NASDAQ: ALKS), Axonics Modulation Technologies (NASDAQ: AXNX), and Lyra Therapeutics (NASDAQ: LYRA). Dr. Snyderman is a Kellogg Fellow and Fellow in the American College of Surgeons.

Her career includes fifteen years working on innovative medical programs and products for General Electric and Johnson & Johnson. She began her corporate career in 2003 at Johnson & Johnson, where she created online medical curricula that J&J marketed to the public. For ten years, Dr. Snyderman served on the board of General Electric’s Healthymagination, which applied technology solutions to the world’s biggest health challenges.

For more than thirty years Dr. Snyderman was an award winning Senior Medical Editor at ABC and NBC News. Her skills uniquely span the fields of medicine, science, communication, and global media. Dr. Snyderman spent thirty years as a board-certified, practicing Otolaryngologist -Head and Neck Surgeon at UC San Francisco and the University of Pennsylvania.

With deep expertise on the intersection of medicine, big data and the media, Dr. Snyderman recently served as a Consulting

Professor at the Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health and is co-founder of the Stanford University-NBC News Global Media Fellowship. Dr. Snyderman is a New York Times bestselling author and has traveled the globe extensively, lecturing and reporting from some of the world’s most troubled areas. Her reporting has garnered her the industry’s most distinguished honors including Emmy, DuPont, Edward R Murrow, and Gracie awards.

Dr. Snyderman lives in Big Timber, MT. She is an avid hiker and equestrian.

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Videos

Access! 2019: Healthcare Leadership Luncheon

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Healthcare: A Physician's View

Dr. Nancy Snyderman's unique experience and perspectives as both a physician and respected medical journalist provide audiences with valuable insights to the issues that surround today's latest healthcare debates and concerns.

Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn from Life

How can we cope with the setbacks that we face throughout the course of our lives, without letting them hold us back? In this autobiographical address, Dr. Snyderman relates episodes from her past, including her rape at knifepoint while still in college and the husband who spent all of her money while leading a double life. She discusses how she has come to term with these traumas, and how she has been able to move forward.

The Healthy Woman: Taking Charge of Your Body and Mind

A look at women's health issues and health-care options. This topic also inspired a weekly segment on Good Morning America.

Women, Politics, and Health

A passionate and stark discussion of the increasing problem of women's health information being politicized.

Booksby Dr. Nancy Snyderman, MD

Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat: And the 101 Truths That Will Help You Shed the Pounds Permanently

Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Guide to Good Health

Blog Posts

The One Life Question That Separates Victims From Victors

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Insights from Ross Bernstein on What Champions Do When Nobody’s Watching

Learn how champions think differently and build winning habits that transform teams from talented to unstoppable with peak performance speaker Ross Bernstein.

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7 Year-End Lessons From Keynote Speaker Every Event Planner Needs Before 2026

Learn 7 powerful year-end lessons from top keynote speakers to transform your event planning strategy and personal growth in 2026.

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Learn how to calm digital anxiety with proven analog strategies from former White House CIO Theresa Payton that can help you restore your human connections.

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How Elite Teams Prevent Catastrophic Failures Before They Happen (Teamwork Lessons From a Fighter Pilot)

Navy fighter pilot Jack Becker reveals how elite teams catch errors fast, protect blind spots, and perform under pressure using proven teamwork strategies.

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