Luis Fabregas‘ new book, “A Transplant for Katy,” takes the reader behind the scenes of the transplant capital of the world, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where college student Katy Miller underwent a liver transplant. The 2005 surgery went awry, prompting a feud between Thomas Starzl, known as the father of transplantation, and administrators at the medical center. Fabregas is a reporter at the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Tribune-Review.
Steve Fredman‘s book, “The Troubled Health Dollar: How it Affects the Care We Receive,” has been published.
Kenny Goldberg, health reporter at KPBS, received the 2012 Inspiration Award for Media from the San Diego Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for his coverage of suicide.
Joe Goldeen, health care reporter at The Record in Stockton, Calif., received the 2012 Media Champion Award from the Healthy San Joaquin Collaborative “in recognition of … contributions to changes that promote, support and encourage healthy choices and environments in San Joaquin County communities.”
Journalist Frederik Joelving is leaving Reuters Health to travel and do long-form journalism.
Richard L. Peck, former editor-in-chief of Long-Term Living, has written a book, “The Big Surprise,” that advises families on dealing with the long-term care system. He describes it as “a small book of readable, bite-sized blogs updated from ones I did originally for the facility search site SnapForSeniors.com.”
Maria Simbra‘s report, “Heart Attack Survivors At Risk for Developing PTSD”, has been nominated in the 2nd Annual Media & Mental Health Awards in the TV news segment category. The Media & Mental Health Awards are presented to stories that accurately report behavioral health within television, radio, print, and online media in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Jocelyn Wiener and Emily Bazar of the CHCF Center for Health Reporting received a California Journalism Award for stories they did about a lack of access to dental care for children under Medicaid in California.
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