 Susan Dentzer is an on-air correspondent with
The NewsHour, where she leads a unit dedicated to providing in-depth
coverage of health care, health policy and Social Security.
The health unit was awarded the 2000 Robinson Electronic Media Award by
the American Psychiatric Association for its report on schizophrenia, and a
2003 Gabriel Award from the Catholic Academy for Communication Arts
Professionals for coverage of the "Eden Alternative" approach to nursing
home reform. The unit, begun in 1998, is funded by a grant from the Henry J.
Kaiser Family Foundation.
Prior to joining The NewsHour in 1998, Susan Dentzer was chief economics
correspondent and economics columnist for U.S. News & World Report, where
she served from 1987 to 1997. In a series of columns and stories for U.S.
News, she reported extensively on the debate over reforming and partially
"privatizing" Social Security and over such health policy issues as
regulation of managed care. Before joining U.S. News, Susan Dentzer was at
Newsweek, where she was a senior writer covering business news until 1987.
Susan Dentzer's work in television has included appearances as a regular
analyst or commentator on ABC's Nightline, CNN's News Night with Aaron Brown
and The McLaughlin Group. Susan Dentzer's writing has also earned her several
fellowships. A Nieman Fellow at Harvard University for the 1986-87 academic
year, she studied health economics and other disciplines. A U.S.-Japan
Leadership Program Fellow in 1991, Susan Dentzer conducted research on U.S.-Japan
economic relations and the effects of the aging Japanese population.
A graduate of Dartmouth, Susan Dentzer holds an honorary Master of Arts degree
from Dartmouth and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Muskingum
College, New Concord, Ohio. She served on the Dartmouth Board of Trustees
from 1993 to June 2004 and was the first woman ever to serve as Chair of
Dartmouth's board from 2001 to 2004. She is a trustee of the
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and a member of the Board of Overseers of
Dartmouth Medical School.
Susan Dentzer is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International
Rescue Committee, the nonprofit organization that works in relief,
rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict development, resettlement services
and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and
oppression worldwide. At IRC, Susan Dentzer heads the Board’s Health Committee,
which oversees the organization’s health programs in 25 countries. She is
also a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Health Council, the
world's largest membership organization of groups involved in global health,
and serves on the Board of Directors of the Japan Society of New York. She
chairs the advisory board of the California Health Benefits Review Committee
and is a member of the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research.
Susan Dentzer, her husband and their three children live in the Washington DC
area.
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