"When someone of Nancy's stature decides to return to television news, you can only hope it's at your network," said Capus. "I'm thrilled she will now be part of the NBC News family. With her unique combination of award-winning journalism and wide-ranging medical expertise, she will be a tremendous asset across our many news platforms. Working with our highly respected, award-winning Chief Science Correspondent, Robert Bazell, this tandem will be second to none."

"I am thrilled and honored to be joining NBC News at a time when health and medicine are paramount issues in the world," said Snyderman. "While some faces are familiar, I look forward to getting to know my new colleagues and collaborating with them."

Snyderman has reported on wide-ranging medical topics affecting both men and women and has traveled the world extensively, reporting from many of the world's most troubled areas. She is on staff in the Department of the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining NBC News, Snyderman served as Vice President, Consumer Education for the health care corporation, Johnson & Johnson. There she led the independent educational initiative, Understanding Health, focusing on educating and informing the public about health and medicine. Before that, Snyderman served as the medical correspondent for ABC News for 17 years and was a contributor to "20/20," "Primetime," and "Good Morning America." Prior to leaving ABC she was a frequent substitute co-host on "Good Morning America."

Snyderman attended medical school at the University of Nebraska and continued with residencies in Pediatrics and Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the surgical staff at the University of Arkansas in 1983 and began her broadcasting career shortly after at KATV the ABC affiliates in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Snyderman's medical work has been widely published in peer review journals and she is the recipient of numerous research grants from the American Cancer Society, the Kellogg Foundation, and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She has received numerous awards for her broadcasting. She is the author of three books: Dr Nancy Snyderman's Guide to Good Health for Women Over Forty, Necessary Journeys, and Girl in the Mirror: Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence. She also writes a monthly column for Good Housekeeping magazine.

Snyderman lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her husband, Doug, and is the mother of three children, Kate, Rachel and Charlie.