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Drew ") is a board-certified physician and addiction medicine specialist. He is best known as co-host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline , where he offers advice on a wide array of lifestyle issues affecting teenagers and young adults. Pinsky's partner Adam Carolla provides the humor with his comical analogies, often poking fun at the straight-laced Drew, and sarcastically calling him a "man of passion". Pinsky was born in Pasadena, California , and his father was also a doctor. He majored in biology at Amherst College , graduating in 1980, and earned his M.D. at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1984. He started doing Loveline as a local show on radio station KROQ while still a student, with no pay at first. He served his residency at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, and eventually became chief resident there before moving into private practice. Pinsky married in 1991, and had triplets with his wife Susan in 1992. Loveline went national in 1995, and the television version began the following year. The show ran on MTV for four years, and still continues on radio. A companion volume, The Dr. A Survival Guide To Life and Love , was published in 1998. In addition to his radio show and medical career, Dr. Pinsky also has become quite popular on television talk shows, where his medical expertise and relationship counseling abilities are highly valued. He served as "health and human relations expert" on the first season of the U.S. TV series Big Brother in 2000. In 2003, he released a book called Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again , recounting his experiences running the drug-addiction rehab clinic at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena. He also contributed to the book When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin and Other Prescription Drugs , published in 2004. Pinsky is a trained opera singer. He made his acting debut in 2004 , playing the father of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in New York Minute . Beginning in June 2005 , Dr. Pinsky has his own television series, Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew , on the Discovery Health Channel . Pinsky frequently speaks at college and university campuses throughout the United States , both on his own and alongside his Loveline partner Adam Carolla.1
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(born September 4, 1958 ), better known as Dr.Drew , is an American radio and television personality and board-certified internist and addiction medicine specialist .He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show , Loveline , which he has hosted since 1984.On television he produces and stars in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr.Drew , its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr.Drew and Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House , and the MTV show Sex...With Mom and Dad .As a medical doctor, Pinsky is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California , former Medical Director for the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California , staff member at Huntington Memorial Hospital , and a private practitioner .
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Drew" redirects here; not to be confused with Dr.Drew , is an American board-certified internist , addiction medicine specialist, and media personality.He has hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline since the show's inception in 1984.On television, he hosts the talk show Dr.Drew On Call on HLN , and hosted the canceled daytime series Lifechangers on the The CW .In addition, he serves as producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr.Drew , and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr.Drew , Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House and hosts podcasts on the Adam Carolla podcast network. Pinsky is also Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California , former Medical Director for the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California , staff member at Huntington Memorial Hospital , and a private practitioner . Drew Pinsky leaves Las Encinas Hospital, which faces renewed scrutiny" .
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Drew" redirects here; not to be confused with Dr. David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958 ), commonly known as Dr.Drew , is an American media personality and internist , addiction medicine specialist.He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016.On television, he hosted the talk show Dr.Drew On Call on HLN and the daytime series Lifechangers on The CW .In addition, he served as producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew , and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew , Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House . Pinsky currently hosts several podcasts , including The Dr.Drew Podcast , This Life with Dr.Drew After Dark on the Your Mom's House network, and The Adam and Drew Show with his former Loveline co-host Adam Carolla .Pinsky is a former staff member at the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California , and Huntington Memorial Hospital .He currently maintains a private internal medicine practice in South Pasadena . Drew Pinsky leaves Las Encinas Hospital, which faces renewed scrutiny" .
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American media personality and physician (born 1958) "Dr. Drew" redirects here; not to be confused with Dr. David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958 ), commonly known as Dr. Drew , is an American media personality, internist , and addiction medicine specialist. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016. On television, he hosted the talk show Dr. Drew On Call on HLN and the daytime series Lifechangers on The CW . In addition, he served as producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew , and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew , Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House . Pinsky currently hosts several podcasts , including The Dr. Drew Podcast , This Life with Dr. Drew After Dark on the Your Mom's House network, and The Adam and Drew Show with his former Loveline co-host Adam Carolla . Pinsky is a former staff member at the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California , and Huntington Memorial Hospital . He currently maintains a private internal medicine practice in South Pasadena . Drew Pinsky leaves Las Encinas Hospital, which faces renewed scrutiny" .
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American media personality and physician (born 1958) "Dr. Drew" redirects here; not to be confused with Charles R. Drew , is an American media personality, internist , and addiction medicine specialist. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show Loveline from the show's inception in 1984 until its end in 2016. On television, he hosted the talk show Dr. Drew On Call on HLN and the daytime series Lifechangers on The CW . In addition, he served as producer and starred in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew , and its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew , Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House . Pinsky currently hosts several podcasts , including Ask Dr.Drew , The Dr.Drew Podcast on the PodcastOne Network, and The Adam and Drew Show with his former Loveline co-host Adam Carolla .From February 2019 - December 2023, he hosted Dr. Pinsky is a former staff member at the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California , and Huntington Memorial Hospital . He currently maintains a private internal medicine practice in South Pasadena . Drew Pinsky leaves Las Encinas Hospital, which faces renewed scrutiny" .
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