About Dr. Dean
Dr. Dean Edell, one of the first physician broadcasters in the nation, is the host of
America's second most popular syndicated radio talk show, The Dr. Dean Edell
Show, heard in more than 400 radio stations, as well as the anchor of Medical
Minutes, a series of ten weekly radio medical reports. He is also the host of
the daily 90-second Medical Report seen in 75 television markets. Dr. Edell is
known for translating complicated medical information into concise,
easy-to-understand reports and for tackling topics that are obscure, unusual and
often controversial.
Dr. Edell began his career as one of the first "media doctors" in 1978 on KGO
Radio in San Francisco. He has been the host of numerous television series on
health, including programs for Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and
national syndication, and was the author of the Edell Health Letter, published
from 1982 until 1994. Over the past 20 years of broadcasting, he has won
numerous media awards for his on-air work, including the C. Everett Koop Media
Awards competition, the Edward R. Murrow Award, a national Emmy, the American
Cancer Society recognition award, the American Heart Association award, and
other prestigious medical and media awards.
A native of New York, Edell studied zoology as an undergraduate student at
Cornell University and then earned his M.D. at Cornell University Medical School
in 1967. Edell moved to California to do his residency at the University of
California at San Diego. An ophthalmologist and surgeon, he set up private
practice in San Diego and served as an instructor of Anatomy and a clinical
instructor at the Department of Surgery for the University of California, San
Diego, School of Medicine.
Edell gave up his private practice to pursue personal interests and
eventually moved to Sacramento where he served as medical director of the County
Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center. He moved to the San Francisco Bay Area
in 1980.
In his personal life, Edell has designed custom jewelry, collected antiques,
and been involved in organic farming over the years. He studied Fine Arts at the
New School in New York City and has lectured on the subject at U.C. Davis.
Edell's paintings and drawings have been exhibited at art galleries in Manhattan
and elsewhere.
