Nina L. Shapiro

Dr. Nina Shapiro, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, is the former Director of Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat at the Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, and Professor Emerita of Head and Neck Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. With more than two decades of experience in clinical and academic medicine, she's a trusted expert whom her patients and the media rely on to set the record straight about the latest health fads and misconceptions. Her trademark wisdom and no-nonsense attitude is accessible to readers everywhere in her book HYPE, published by St. Martin's Press in May 2018. HYPE was listed as a Best Lifestyle Book in Publisher's Weekly's "Best Books of 2018." Her book for children, "The Ultimate Kids' Guide to Being Super Healthy" provides children with solid science in a fun, interactive way.

She has appeared on NPR, CNN, CBS's "The Early Show," and is a regular guest on the Emmy-Award winning television show "The Doctors." She is a Contributor to Forbes Healthcare and Los Angeles Times Opinion, and her work has been featured and published in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Hollywood Reporter, Redbook, First for Women, Real Simple, and many other print and online publications.

She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

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