Norman is the co-founder of Tonic Health Media, an integrated health television channel and production company which has an audience of over 10 million people per month.
Current experience:
Dr Norman Swan hosts The Health Report on the ABC’s Radio National, and Tonic on ABC Television. The Health Report is the world’s longest running health programme in the English speaking world and Norman has won many awards for his work including Australia’s top prize for journalism, the Gold Walkley.
Previous experience:
Medicine: Norman trained in medicine in Scotland and paediatrics in London and Sydney before joining the ABC and has hosted many other programmes on radio and television. He has also been the medical host on Channel Ten’s Biggest Loser for the past six seasons and in September 2015 made a high impact Four Corners on waste in the healthcare system. Norman has consulted to the World Health Organisation, has co chaired a global meeting of health ministers in Bamako West Africa and has been the Australian correspondent for both the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the British Medical Journal (BMJ).