Hosted by Dr. Max Gomez. The show takes one patient who describes their symptoms or how they feel in great detail. Their case is then reviewed and diagnosed by medical specialists who then introduce a treatment plan.The purpose of the show is early intervention and the call to action advice is that if you have any of the symptom(s) described in the show, please see your family doctor. If you don't have one go to our local hospital.
About the Series Host:
Max Gomez, MD
Dr. Max Gomez serves as host of Take Care. The recipient of numerous journalism awards, Dr. Gomez has received six New York Emmy Awards, two Philadelphia Emmys, a UPI honor for Best Documentary for a report on AIDS, and an Excellence in Time of Crisis Award from New York City after September 11. In addition, Dr. Gomez received a national television journalism award from the Leukemia Society of America for his report on two twin girls from Long Island, both suffering from Leukemia, who got bone marrow transplants from their seven-year-old sister. He was also named the American Health Foundation's Man of the Year and was a NASA Journalist-In-Space semi-finalist in 1986.
Dr. Gomez serves on the national board of directors for the American Heart Association, the Princeton Alumni Weekly and the Partnership for After School Education. He also mentors undergraduate journalism and medical students and physicians who are interested in medical journalism. Dr. Gomez is on the board of advisers for the Science Writers Fellowship at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.; the Hope and Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund at the Children’s Hospital of New York; is a member of the honorary board of the Long Island Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America; and has served as the grand marshal of the Multiple Sclerosis Walk for the past decade. Dr. Gomez is also the co-author of "The Prostate Health Program: A Guide to Preventing and Controlling Prostate Cancer," which explains how an innovative program consisting of diet, exercise and lifestyle changes may prevent prostate cancer.
A native of Havana, Cuba, Dr. Gomez speaks Spanish. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University, with a Ph.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He was also a N.I.H. Postdoctoral Fellow at New York's Rockefeller University. Dr. Gomez currently resides in New York City.
