Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent

The Empowered Patient

Elizabeth Cohen, senior medical correspondent for CNN, returns to the show to discuss the new groundbreaking documentary based on her book, The Empowered Patient, debuting October 2nd on CNN.

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Elizabeth Cohen is the award-winning, senior medical correspondent for CNN's health, wellness and medical unit. Elizabeth reports daily on breaking medical news and consumer tips on CNN and on CNN.com and is the author of popular CNN.com column "The Empowered Patient" which has motivated millions of Americans to take charge of their medical care. During her career with at CNN, Elizabeth has provided viewers with in-person, on-the-scene accounts of the medical and human impact of natural and man-made disasters including reporting from Haiti after the earthquake, New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Virginia Tech following the student shootings, and New York City in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Elizabeth has received several awards for her work, including a National Headliner, a Gracie, a Sigma Delta Chi, a Cine and two "Freddie" awards from the International Health and Medical Media Film Competition. Her stories have also been honored by the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Newswoman's Club of New York, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. . A winner of the outstanding alumna award from Columbia College, Elizabeth received a bachelor's degree in history. She earned a master's degree in public health from Boston University, which honored her with its Distinguished Alumni Award.

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