Renee discusses medi c al issues of interest to African-Americans with famed physician, author, radio/TV host and health advocate Dr. Ian Smith, the medical/diet expert on VH1's highly-rated Celebrity Fit Club , on the next edition of Connections with Renee Shaw . The program airs Saturday, Aug. 11 at 3/2 p.m. CT on KET1 and Sunday, Aug. 19 at 11:30/10:30 a.m. CT on KET2.
The host of "Meet the Faith" on BET, a medical contributor to ABC's nationally syndicated program The View and a contributing editor to Men's Health magazine, Dr. Smith is also the host of his own nationally syndicated radio show, HealthWatch, broadcast on American Urban Radio Networks.
He is the former medical correspondent for NBC News and for NewsChannel 4, where he filed reports for NBC and the Today show. He has written for Time , Newsweek and the New York Daily News and has been featured in several other publications including People, Essence, Ebony and Cosmopolitan . Dr. Smith is also the author of five books.
Connections with Renee Shaw is a KET production, produced by Renee Shaw and Carolyn Gwinn.
