'Dr. Oz' Takes on Tucson Shootings

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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In the wake of the tragic shootings in Tucson over the weekend, Sony's Dr. Oz will take a look at traumatic brain injuries in his Tuesday program.

Dr. Michael Lemole, neurosurgeon at Tucson University Medical Center who operated on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (R-Ariz.) and Oz's brother-in-law, will appear on the show via satellite. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff, who suffered a serious brain injury while covering the war in Iraq, and his wife Lee also will be guests on the show.

Besides talking about the nature and the pathology of traumatic brain injury, the show also will cover the emotional impact of the shootings, both on Giffords' family and the country as a whole.

The show's scheduled episode, "Is This Man a Faith Healer?," will be rescheduled for another date.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.