to serve as a judge for the first Biotech Humanitarian Award. Television show Agus hosted a Paramount+ television show titled The Check Up with Dr. David Agus, which was broadcast starting in December 2022. In the show, Agus discussed different medical issues with celebrity guests who have experience with those health concerns. Personal life Agus is married to Amy Joyce Povich, actress and daughter of syndicated television talk show host Maury Povich. Her stepmother, Connie Chung, is a former CBS News anchor. His grandfather, Rabbi Jacob B. Agus, was a theologian and the author of several books on Jewish history and philosophy. Agus has two children. Miscellaneous Agus appears in the 2006 documentary Who Needs Sleep? Agus was also the physician to Johnny Ramone during his battle with prostate cancer. He was on the board of directors of the Biden Cancer Initiative, Thrive Global, the National Library of Israel and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. Bibliography 2012, The End of Illness. Free Press; Illustrated edition 2014, A Short Guide to a Long Life, Simon & Schuster 2017, The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health, Simon & Schuster To be released March, 2023, The Book of Animal Secrets: Nature's Lessons for a Long and Happy Life, Simon & Schuster ISBN 1982103027 References External links Official David Agus site CBS News website Interviews, articles and podcasts "David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer", TED, Filmed October 2009. "The Daily Show with John Stewart, David Agus interview", The Daily Show, interview, 2012. Living people American oncologists American people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish American writers Princeton University alumni Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni Johns Hopkins University people University of Southern California faculty Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy alumni 1965 births 21st-century American Jews