Longtime CBS New York chief medical correspondent Dr. Max Gomez, affectionately known as Dr. Max, died Saturday after a long illness, the station reported.
He was 72. Gomez was a medical reporter and health editor for WCBS-TV from 1994-1997 before he returned as CBS New York’s chief medical correspondent in June 2007.
He previously served as health and science editor for WNBC-TV, WNEW-TV and KYW-TV in Philadelphia. “Dr. Gomez was deeply loved and respected in our newsroom, by medical professionals he worked with, patients who shared their stories with him and our viewers.
He was our in-house consultant for whatever ailed us, eager to help, genuinely concerned and never thought twice about going the extra mile.
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