the pharmaceutical company Alkermes. Snyderman is a co-founder of CarePlanners, a service that helps people navigate the healthcare system. She states that she understood the need for a service like CarePlanners after she became responsible for her parents' care in 2005. Recognition Snyderman has received numerous awards for her medical broadcast reporting, including several Emmy Awards, Edward R. Murrow Award, an Alfred I. duPont Award, and a Gracie Awards. In 1986 she received an award for in-depth reporting from KARK-TV, and an Associated Press award for "best documentary" for her work on sex education in Arkansas in 1987. She received the "Distinguished Service Award" from the American Academy of Otolaryngology's Head and Neck Surgery Foundation in 1998. Among many recent honors, in 2001 she received the Athena Award from the Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia University for her work in the field of women's health. Also in 2001, she earned the Trailblazer Award from the American Women in Radio and Television for furthering the knowledge of women's health on a national level. South Side High School Distinguished Alumni Award 1996. Selective abortion advocacy Snyderman has stated that she supports selective abortion as a result of the detection of the presence of congenital disorders in the fetus before birth, proclaiming it to be "the science of today" and "I believe that this is a great way to prevent diseases." Ebola quarantine In 2014, after returning from Liberia, where she was in contact with a freelance cameraman who contracted Ebola, Snyderman and the remainder of her crew were asked to observe a voluntary 21-day quarantine to minimize the risk of further outbreak. After Snyderman was then seen inside a car, outside a local restaurant, in violation of the quarantine, the state of New Jersey issued a mandatory 21-day quarantine for Snyderman and her crew. On March 12, 2015, Snyderman announced she had resigned her position as NBC's Chief Medical Editor due to the controversy over her breaking the quarantine. Books Snyderman, Nancy L.; Blackstone, Margaret (1996). Dr. Nancy Snyderman's Guide to Good HealthWhat Every Forty-Plus Woman Should Know about Her Changing Body. New York City: William Morrow and Company. . Snyderman, Nancy L.; Streep, Peg (2000). Necessary JourneysLetting Ourselves Learn from Life. New York City: Hyperion Books. . Snyderman, Nancy L.; Streep, Peg (2002). Girl in the MirrorMothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence. New York City: Hyperion Books. .