Dr. Jennifer Ashton, MD

Dr. Jennifer Ashton is Board-certified Ob-Gyn, and is also Board-Certified in Obesity Medicine. She is a graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University. She then received her medical degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she was elected Class President for four consecutive years. Upon graduation, she was awarded the prestigious Bartlestone Award in Pharmacology. Dr. Ashton received her post-graduate training in womens health and surgery at St.Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center in NYC, an affiliate of Columbia Universitys College of Physicians and Surgeons. She served as Administrative Chief Resident and was awarded Chief Resident of the Year upon completing her residency. She received a Masters of Science Degree in Nutrition from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Institute of Human Nutrition in 2016, making Dr. Ashton one of the only M.D.'s with a national media platform who also has a degree in Nutrition. Dr. Ashton is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She has presented abstracts and posters at national clinical meetings in the fields of General Surgery, Critical Care and Gynecologic Oncology. Dr. Ashton is on the Attending staff of Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood, NJ, an affiliate of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. One of the few physicians with media platforms who still sees patients, she has an active medical practice, where she treats women of all ages for medical and surgical gynecologic conditions. In addition, using her credentials in Obesity Medicine and Nutrition, Dr. Ashton treats obesity/overweight and manages weight-loss medications, recommends dietary approaches, and often uncovers a major cause for struggles with weight that had gone undiagnosed. Dr. Ashton is the Chief Womens Health Correspondent for ABC News. In 2016, she was named as the first-ever Chief Womens Health Contributor for the Emmy Award-winning, nationally syndicated, The Dr. Oz Show. In 2013, CBS Paramount Television announced that Dr. Ashton had been signed as co-host of the daytime medical tv show, The Doctors. Since 2012, she has also been the Senior Medical Contributor for Good Morning America and World News Tonight, ABC News. From 2009-2011, Dr. Ashton was the Medical Correspondent for CBS News Network, where she received the prestigious Columbia Alfred DuPont Award for Excellence in Journalism for her work. Dr. Ashton is the author of 3 books: Eat This Not T

• Residency
• St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center

• Medical School, 2004
• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
• New York, NY