David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958), commonly known as Dr.
Drew, is an American media personality and internist, addiction
medicine specialist. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk
show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016.
On television, he hosted the talk show Dr. Drew On Call on HLN and the
daytime series Lifechangers on The CW. In addition, he served as
producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,
and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab Presents
Sober House. Pinsky currently hosts several podcasts, including The
Dr. Drew Podcast, This Life with Dr. Drew, Dr. Drew After Dark on the
Your Mom's House network, and The Adam and Drew Show with his former
Loveline co-host Adam Carolla.Pinsky is a former staff member at the
Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in
Pasadena, California, and Huntington Memorial Hospital. He currently
maintains a private internal medicine practice in South
Pasadena.Pinsky was born to a Jewish family in Pasadena, California.
His father, Morton Pinsky (1925â€"2009), was a physician whose parents
emigrated from Ukraine. His mother, Helene Stanton (née Eleanor Mae
Stansbury; 1925â€"2017), was a singer and actress who came from a
"highly Victorian upper-middle-class family in Philadelphia". Pinsky
attended Polytechnic School. He majored in biology at Amherst College,
graduating in 1980, and earned his M.D. at the University of Southern
California School of Medicine in 1984. He served his residency in
internal medicine at USC County Hospital and became chief resident at
Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, and later moved into private
practice.
Drew, is an American media personality and internist, addiction
medicine specialist. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk
show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016.
On television, he hosted the talk show Dr. Drew On Call on HLN and the
daytime series Lifechangers on The CW. In addition, he served as
producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,
and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, Celebrity Rehab Presents
Sober House. Pinsky currently hosts several podcasts, including The
Dr. Drew Podcast, This Life with Dr. Drew, Dr. Drew After Dark on the
Your Mom's House network, and The Adam and Drew Show with his former
Loveline co-host Adam Carolla.Pinsky is a former staff member at the
Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in
Pasadena, California, and Huntington Memorial Hospital. He currently
maintains a private internal medicine practice in South
Pasadena.Pinsky was born to a Jewish family in Pasadena, California.
His father, Morton Pinsky (1925â€"2009), was a physician whose parents
emigrated from Ukraine. His mother, Helene Stanton (née Eleanor Mae
Stansbury; 1925â€"2017), was a singer and actress who came from a
"highly Victorian upper-middle-class family in Philadelphia". Pinsky
attended Polytechnic School. He majored in biology at Amherst College,
graduating in 1980, and earned his M.D. at the University of Southern
California School of Medicine in 1984. He served his residency in
internal medicine at USC County Hospital and became chief resident at
Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, and later moved into private
practice.
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