physician
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,
journalist
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, and
educator
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Louisiana
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and is the Chief Medical Correspondent for
WWL-TV
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, the CBS Affiliate for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He was first and only Chief Medical Editor/Correspondent for
Black News Channel
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, the
NBC
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television affiliate New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and for Hearst-Argyle Broadcasting for over 17 years. Hebert was also an on-air expert for the ''Dr. Oz'' show and www.DoctorOz.com for 11 years. He is an
assistant professor
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Overview
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in private practice at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and
Tulane University
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, where he teaches and sees patients in all populations but focuses on healthy lifestyles, adolescent medicine, medical nutrition, attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and
post traumatic stress disorder
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as it relates to COVID-19. He is the former Chief Medical Officer for the New Orleans Public School District (NOPS) as well as the Medical Director of the Louisiana Recovery School District, which was the largest school district in the state during his tenure. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Dillard University Most recently Dr. Hebert was tapped to be the Chief Medical Officer of CareRx Inform, (www.carerxinform.com) a nationwide prescription service that provides discounted prescription prices and telemedicine for patients and their pets.
Early life
Hébert was born in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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, on November 4, 1969, and was educated in the Baton Rouge area during his elementary and high school years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from
Morehouse College
, mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made")
, type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college
, academic_affiliation ...
in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned his medical degree from
Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first me ...
in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon graduation he did his internship and residency at Tulane University Medical Center and Charity Hospital of New Orleans. Hébert was chosen as Chief Resident of Pediatrics in 2000 at
Tulane Medical Center
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which made him the first
African American
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to hold that position in the history of that institution.
Career
Hébert has been featured on national broadcasts including ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show
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'', ''
The Early Show
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NBC Nightly News
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with
Brian Williams
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, The Huffington Post, ''Good Morning America'', ''The Today Show'' and the National Geographic Channel, Current TV, Aljazeera America, ''
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
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'', '' Dr. Nancy'' and is regularly featured on The Meredith Viera Show, MSNBC's ''The Ed Show'' and AM Joy with Joy Reid. He was featured in the
Spike Lee
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feature film ''
When the Levees Broke
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''. He hosts a weekly radio show on the Cumulus Broadcasting Network titled ''Doctor for the People'' which has an interactive platform for Hébert to connect with urban communities. He is a contributor to the
Discovery Channel
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television show ''
How Stuff Works
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'' and a frequent contributor to the '' Dr. Oz'' show. Hébert is a medical consultant for
Glaxo Smith Kline
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,
Novartis
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (global research).name="novartis.com">https://www.novartis.com/research-development/research-loc ...
,
Mead Johnson
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The company dates back t ...
Essence Magazine
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History
Edward Lewis, Clarence O. Smith, Cecil Hollingsworth and ...
'', charitable organizations and churches throughout the United States. Hébert is the Chief Executive Officer of College Health TV, the largest provider of health information on college campuses in the United States. Hébert is the Chief Medical Editor of Ebony Communications.
Hébert is featured on
Netflix
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in the first full-length documentary about ADHD entitled ''
Take Your Pills
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'', produced by
Maria Shriver
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and directed by Alison Klayman. It premiered at the
SXSW
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festival in March 2018.
He testified before the
United States Congress
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on April 28, 2010, on the safety of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers in a hearing entitled "Public Sales of Hurricane Katrina/Rita FEMA Trailers: Are they Safe or Environmental Time Bombs?"
Hebert was recently tapped by Louisiana Governor
John Bel Edwards
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to serve as an Executive Committee appointee for the Louisiana Health Equity Task Force. This board was formed in response to the increasing mortality of African Americans due to COVID-19 and the health inequities that exist for minorities in the state.
Hebert is a clinical researcher, having been the principal investigator on over 50 FDA regulated clinical trials and he is licensed to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. He lives in New Orleans, and he has two children.