Christine Dumas

Dr. Christine Dumas is a medical and lifestyle reporter and author. Since 1996, her stories have appeared on The Today Show and Weekend Edition Today. She previously reported on health, lifestyle, and fitness features for Weekend Today at the NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Dr. Dumas appears regularly as a medical reporter on Weekend Live on Fox News Channel, as well as being regularly featured on the Sirius Stars Network, where she comments on topical issues which range across medicine, lifestyle, and the currency of conversation. She has been featured on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and The View.

Dr. Dumas authored a healthcare guide, Special Treatment: How to Get the Same High-Quality Health Care Your Doctor Gets, a reference guide for households across America that was featured in the January 2005 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine as one of the must-have health books of the year. Her second book, The Weight Is Over, addresses breakthrough science and advances surrounding sleep, stress, and weight loss that might contradict everything you thought you knew about fat, carbs, and exercise. She provides the real answers and a simple path to the healthy lifestyle that we all want but that always seems to be just out of our reach.

Dr. Dumas was the keynote speaker for the Speaking of Women's Health National Tour, where she described the latest trends in health, lifestyle, and fitness to thousands of women across the United States. She has also served as a national spokesperson and strategic planning consultant for the American Medical Association's Women's Health Campaign and the National Tobacco-Free Steering Committee for the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. She serves on the senior faculty of the American Medical Association's Health Broadcasting Conference.

Dr. Dumas has spent a decade reporting on trends in health, lifestyle, fitness, and sports giving her a leading-edge perspective that is sought-after by Fortune 500 corporations, leading associations, and group forums, including the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women and Families. Her background and broad-based career experience give her a unique perspective that resonates with audiences. She covers a broad range of issues in her reporting – from profiling athletes competing in the Olympics to legal issues surrounding drugs that are unsafe for children – with unparalleled intensity, commitment, and compassion.