A leading medical authority for the popular press and entertainment industry, Dr. Tanya Remer Altmann is a nationally recognized author, parenting expert and media spokesperson. A working mother and UCLA-trained pediatrician who practices in Southern California, Dr. Tanya is a designated spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, communicating complicated medical issues into easily understood concepts. As a child health expert for NBC’s Today Show and PBS parenting show A Place of Our Own, Dr. Tanya has discussed breaking medical news stories and controversial parenting issues. She has reported for stations including KTLA (CW, Los Angeles) and KEYT (ABC, Santa Barbara) and served as a nutrition expert on the Food Network program Weighing In. When parenting questions arise, Dr. Tanya is also called to appear on a variety of popular news programs and talk shows including Good Morning America Now (ABC), The Doctors (CBS) and the Tyra Banks show. Quoted in more than one hundred periodicals, including Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and Parents magazine, Dr. Tanya is currently on the advisory boards for LA Parent and Healthy Children magazines.
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Dr. Tanya has served on the board of the National Association of Medical Communicators and is currently on the board of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Communications and Media. She completed her internship and residency at Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, received her medical degree from the Sackler School of Medicine and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College. For more information about Dr. Tanya, go to www.DrTanya.com |
In addition to Mommy Calls, she is Editor-in-Chief of the AAP parenting book The Wonder Years and Associate Medical Editor of their best selling parenting book Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5.