Dr. David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958^[1]), popularly known as "Dr. Drew", is an American board-certified internist and addiction medicine specialist. He teaches at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, but is best known as a host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show, Loveline, where he offers advice on a wide array of lifestyle issues. The 1 Second Film is a non-profit collaborative animation project that brings together thousands of people around the world as supporters in the hopes to raise money for the Global Fund for Women. ... is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Internal medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of internal diseases, that is, those that affect internal organs or the body as a whole. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... A medical specialist is someone who specializes in a particular field of medicine. ... The Keck School of Medicine is the medical school at the University of Southern California. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in the United States, Canada and Mexico, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, including actors and members of popular bands. ...

Biography

Personal life

Pinsky was born in Pasadena, California and attended Polytechnic School; his father, Morton Pinsky, was employed as a physician while his mother, Helene Stanton, was a singer and actress. 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^{[citation needed]}. He served his residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, and eventually became chief resident there before moving into private practice. Pinsky married in 1991, and he and his wife Susan had triplets Douglas, Jordan, and Paulina in 1992. Pinsky has stated several times on Loveline that he was a contestant on an episode of Wheel of Fortune in 1984, where he received 40 gallons of Sunny Delight and a year's supply of Turtle Wax as consolation prizes. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Polytechnic Upper School Polytechnic School, often referred to as Poly, is a college preparatory private school in Pasadena, California. ... For the song by Girls Aloud see Biology (song) Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology (from Greek: Βιολογία - βίος, bio, life; and λόγος, logos, speech lit. ... Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... The Medicinæ Doctor or Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or D.M.) is a doctorate level degree held by medical doctors. ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America and leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. ... Huntington Hospital (formerly Huntington Memorial Hospital) is a 525-bed hospital in Pasadena, California. ... This article is about the current, syndicated nighttime edition of the U.S. game show, which began in 1983. ... Sunny Delight is a popular orange-flavored drink, manufactured until recently by Procter & Gamble. ...

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Loveline

While still a medical student, Pinsky began co-hosting the advice show Loveline on local radio station KROQ, with co-hosts Poorman and Scott Mason with no pay at first. Loveline went national in 1995, and the television version launched on MTV the following year, hosted by Pinsky and Adam Carolla. The MTV show ran for four years, while the radio show continues on today with KROQ radio DJ, Stryker. A companion volume, The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide To Life and Love, was published in 1998. KROQ is a commercial rock and roll music radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting on 106. ... The Poorman on Loveline James The Poorman Trenton (born August 19, 1953) is an American radio broadcaster. ... Started in radio at age 14 in Los Angeles answering phones for Program Director Rick Carroll at 102. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, comedy writer, radio personality, television personality and actor. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... KROQ is a commercial rock and roll music radio station in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting on 106. ... Theodore Ted Ramón Stryker, born Gary Sandorf, and known on-air as simply Stryker (b. ...

Although referred to by patients as Dr. Pinsky, the name "Dr. Drew" came about as he started his radio career while attending med school. Not wanting to promote his own name or practice, Pinsky took the over-the-air title of Dr. Drew to separate his professional medical and radio careers. (However, like many a medical practice in which kin work in the same office, when Drew Pinsky shared office-space with his father, he was also called "Dr. Drew" there and his father "Dr. Mort.")

See also: Loveline

Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in the United States, Canada and Mexico, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, including actors and members of popular bands. ...

Other media

In addition to his radio show and medical career, Pinsky also has gained fame on television talk shows, where his medical expertise and relationship counseling abilities are highly valued. He served as "health and human relations expert" on the first season of the U.S. TV series Big Brother in 2000. The cast of Big Brother 1 The first season of Big Brother, the American reality TV show, aired in the summer of 2000, with seventy episodes from July 5 to September 29 and followed the same format as the international version, in that the viewing public voted by 900 number...

A frequent guest speaker on CNN, Pinsky has also hosted his own television series, Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew, on the Discovery Health Channel. His latest series on the same network is called Strictly Dr. Drew, addressing everyday health issues, premiered on July 25, 2006, and continues to air weekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm PT. The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew is a television show hosted by Loveline host Dr. Drew Pinsky. ... Discovery Health Channel (or DHC), launched on August 2, 1999, is a U.S. cable television network dedicated to programming that highlights various aspects of health and wellness (and unwellness as well). ... Strictly Dr. Drew is a television show hosted by Loveline host Dr. Drew Pinsky. ... is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... PST is UTC-8, highlighted in red. ...

Amid the dot-com boom, Pinsky co-founded an Internet-based community and advice site for teenagers called DrDrew.com with a friend named Curtis Giesen. Among their early backers was Garage.com.^[2] DrDrew.com soon ran out of funding, and the company was sold to a corporate restructuring firm called Sherwood Partners Inc., which sold the remnants to DrKoop.com in November 2000.^[3] Pinsky no longer maintains any affiliation with the site, though they continue to run articles he wrote for the service in 2000-2001. In addition, Pinsky has recently become a self-proclaimed "MySpace addict"; He has publicly said he is in love with the amenities MySpace provides to Loveline. The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 during which stock markets in Western nations saw their value increase rapidly from growth in the new Internet sector and related fields. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in November, 2000. ... MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ...

In 2003, Pinsky authored Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again, recounting his experiences as the Medical Director of the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at the Las Encinas Hospital drug rehabilitation clinic in Pasadena, California. He also contributed to the book When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs, published in 2004. Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction treatment[1] Drug addiction is considered a pathological state. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

During The Real World Hollywood Joey goes to a rehab center where it turns out his Doctor is Dr.Drew Pinksy

On November 27, 2007, he began another nationally syndicated talk radio show also focusing on relationships and mental health, originating from KGIL in Los Angeles, airing weekdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PT.^[4] is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... For other uses, see Talk Radio. ... Mental health is a term used to describe either a level of cognitive or emotional wellbeing or an absence of a mental disorder. ... KGIL is a radio station located in Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the Los Angeles Metro area on 1260 AM. KGIL airs a talk radio format. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... PST is UTC-8, highlighted in red. ...

The same year, Pinsky filmed Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, a reality television show which involves celebrities in a rehab facility. He served as the resident medical expert. The series premiered January 10, 2008 on VH-1. // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... VH1 (which stands for Video Hits 1) is an American cable television channel that was created in 1985. ...

Other work

Pinsky is a trained opera singer.^[5] He made his acting debut in 2004, playing the father of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's characters in New York Minute. He has also made acting appearances on The Man Show, Wild Hogs and Dawson's Creek and as a voice actor on Family Guy, Robot Chicken, and Crank Yankers. He frequently makes appearances on MSNBC, The Tyra Banks Show and Tom Green Live. Pinsky is also a producer of The 1 Second Film, the world's largest nonprofit collaborative art film. For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986) are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner on the sitcom Full House. ... New York Minute poster. ... The Man Show was a half hour comedy television show on Comedy Central. ... Wild Hogs is a 2007 comedy film starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy. ... For the city in British Columbia, see Dawson Creek, British Columbia. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Robot Chicken is an Emmy award-winning American stop motion animated comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who are the executive producers. ... Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests which are re-enacted onscreen by puppets. ... For the news website, see msnbc. ... The Tyra Banks Show is an American two-time Emmy Award-winning talk show hosted by former supermodel and Americas Next Top Model creator Tyra Banks. ... Tom Green Live! is a webcast show which airs from Monday-Friday (8 PM PST/11 PM EST) on Tom Greens website, tomgreen. ... The 1 Second Film is a non-profit collaborative animation project that brings together thousands of people around the world as supporters in the hopes to raise money for the Global Fund for Women. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... Andrei Tarkovskys The Mirror Le Fantôme de la liberté, one of the last films by Luis Bunuel (1974), which depicts seemingly random events, disrupting the conventions of storytelling in film. ...

Pinsky frequently speaks on college and university campuses throughout the United States, on his own and, previously, with his former Loveline partner Adam Carolla. For other uses, see College (disambiguation). ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ...

Asteroid 4536 Drewpinsky is named in his honor.^[6] For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). ...

Credentials

• BA Amherst College
• MD University of Southern California, *Keck School of Medicine of USC
• Residency Internal Medicine, *Huntington Memorial Hospital, *USC Affiliate
• Chief Resident Internal Medicine, *Huntington Memorial Hospital
• Board Certified Internal Medicine, *American Board of Internal Medicine
• Board Certified Addiction Medicine, *American Society of Addiction Medicine
• Member of American College of Physicians

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Current positions

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, *Keck School of Medicine of USC
• Medical Director of the Department of Chemical Dependency Services, *Las Encinas Hospital
• Active Staff Huntington Memorial Hospital
• Host/Addiction Medicine Specialist on "Loveline" on KROQ
• Host/Addiction Medicine Specialist on "Dr. Drew Live" on KGIL
• Host/Main Addiction Medicine Specialist on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" on VH1

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Works

Radio

• Loveline
• Dr. Drew Live

Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in the United States, Canada and Mexico, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, including actors and members of popular bands. ...

Television

• Loveline
• Robot Chicken
• Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew
• Strictly Dr. Drew
• Tom Green Live
• Family Guy
• Crank Yankers
• Minoriteam
• Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew
• The Man Show
• Dawson's Creek
• Larry King Live (Host)

Loveline is a syndicated radio call-in program in the United States, Canada and Mexico, offering medical and relationship advice to listeners, often with the assistance of guests, including actors and members of popular bands. ... Robot Chicken is an Emmy award-winning American stop motion animated comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, who are the executive producers. ... Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew is a television show hosted by Loveline host Dr. Drew Pinsky. ... Strictly Dr. Drew is a television show hosted by Loveline host Dr. Drew Pinsky. ... Tom Green Live! is a webcast show which airs from Monday-Friday (8 PM PST/11 PM EST) on Tom Greens website, tomgreen. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Crank Yankers is a United States TV show produced by Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel and Daniel Kellison that features actual prank calls made by show regulars and celebrity guests which are re-enacted onscreen by puppets. ... Minoriteam is an animated television series on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim. ... The Man Show was a half hour comedy television show on Comedy Central. ... For the city in British Columbia, see Dawson Creek, British Columbia. ... Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. The show debuted in 1985, and is CNNs most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly. ...

Film

• New York Minute
• Big Stan
• Overexposed
• Wild Hogs

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Books

• Pinsky, Dr. Drew; with Robert Meyers and William White (July 2004). When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know about OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs. New York: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services. ISBN 1-59285-107-X. 
• Pinsky, Dr. Drew (September 2003). Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again. New York: Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-009655-1. 
• Pinsky, Dr. Drew; with Adam Carolla and Marshall Fine (1998-10-13). The Dr. Drew and Adam Book: A Survival Guide To Life and Love. New York: Dell. ISBN 0-440-50836-3. 

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Footnotes

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External links

• Dr. Drew at the Internet Movie Database
• Dr. Drew Pinsky Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film
• USC School of Medicine Study
• Dr. Drew at MySpace
• 2003 radio interview by Barbara Bogaev on Fresh Air from WHYY-FM