1. Jennifer Lee Garfein Ashton was born on April 23,1969 and is an American physician, author and television correspondent.
20 Facts About Jennifer Ashton
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Jennifer Ashton was chief health and medical editor and chief medical correspondent for ABC News and Good Morning America, chief women's health correspondent for The Dr Oz Show, and a columnist for Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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Jennifer Ashton is a frequent guest speaker and moderator for events raising awareness of women's health issues.
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Jennifer Ashton was born in Victorville, California to Oscar Garfein, a New York City cardiologist, and Dorothy Garfein, a registered nurse.
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Jennifer Ashton attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, New York City, where she studied French and English.
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Jennifer Ashton graduated from Columbia College, Columbia University in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in art history.
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Jennifer Ashton completed a medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2000.
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Jennifer Ashton subsequently earned a master's degree in nutrition from Columbia University, in 2016.
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Jennifer Ashton is double board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology, and in obesity medicine.
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Jennifer Ashton has worked as an attending physician at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, affiliated with Mount Sinai Medical Center, in Englewood, New Jersey, and is currently in private practice.
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Jennifer Ashton began her television career in 2006 as the first female medical contributor to the Fox News Channel.
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Jennifer Ashton held the roles of chief health and medical editor and chief medical correspondent for ABC News and Good Morning America, becoming the third physician and the first woman to do so.
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In 2023, she launched The Dr Jen Jennifer Ashton Magazine, serving as its editor-in-chief.
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Jennifer Ashton left ABC News in June 2024 upon the expiration of her contract.
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Robert Jennifer Ashton committed suicide on February 11,2017 after the divorce finalization, jumping off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River below.
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Jennifer Ashton had made no public mention of the story until June 6,2018, when she mentioned her and her family's grieving over it in an interview with colleague George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America during a story about the suicide of designer Kate Spade.
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Jennifer Ashton became engaged to Boston Red Sox chairman and television producer Tom Werner in January 2022.
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Jennifer Ashton has revealed that she learned Transcendental Meditation through the David Lynch Foundation.
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In 2007, Jennifer Ashton was recognized as a Woman of Achievement by the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey.
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Dr Jennifer Ashton is the recipient of the American Heart Association's 2023 Woman Changing the World Award.