Walter Dishell
Walter Dishell | |
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| Born | Walter David Dischell July 16, 1939 |
| Occupation(s) | Otolaryngologist, medical consultant, TV screenwriter |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Known for | Medical advisor for TV series: Medical Center Trapper John, M.D. M*A*S*H Knots Landing |
Walter David Dishell (born July 16, 1939ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist, head and neck surgeon, and facial cosmetic surgeon.
Early life
Dishell was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended medical school at the University of Michigan.[2]
Career
Dishell, who is subspecialized in facial
UCLA, CBS asked him to be a medical adviser for the show Medical Center in the 1960s. Like many similar shows, Medical Center focused on physician-patient relationships instead of the actual medicine itself. Dishell said that "the disease itself didn't matter... [CBS] would give me a dramatic story and then I would build the medicine around it.”[3]
One challenge Dishell faced as a medical consultant for Life Time”, an episode of the series that follows a patient needing an aortic graft in real time.[5]
Dishell was also the medical reporter for NBC News from 1983 to 1985, and frequently appeared on
Encino, California.[4]
References
- YouTube
- ^ People.com.
- ^ a b c Mortimer, Jeffrey (Fall 1999). "The emergency medicine delivered by Hawkeye and Hot Lips was always the best—and Walter Dishell was there on the TV battlefield to make sure of it" (PDF). Medicine at Michigan. Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 20. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ a b "About ASAE". Retrieved 23 Jan 2011.
- ^ "The M*A*S*H medical advisor actually co-wrote a single, notable episode with Alan Alda". MeTV. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
