Dr. Peter Ostrow

• Medical Reporter on WIVB since 1988

• Associate professor of Pathology and Neurology at UB Medical School
• Co-Director, Research Center For Stroke and Heart Disease
• Co-Founder, Kenneth Alford Medical Education Center
• Holiday stock boy at wife, Janet's store, Premier Gourmet

• Bennett High School, 1962
• SUNY at Buffalo, Psychology Major, 1962-65
• SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, MD, PhD, 1965-71
• Johns Hopkins Hospital, Residency in Pathology and Neuropathology 1971-75

• Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins, 1975-77, then University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1977-84, before returning home as Associate Dean for Curriculum at UB Medical School.
• In 1989, relinquished administrative duties to devote more time to academic neuroscience at Buffalo General Hospital, forerunner of the Jacobs Neurological Institute.

• Named "Teacher of the Year" every year at the University of Texas
• "Distinguished Teaching Award in the Basic Sciences" at UB, 2000 Great American Smokeout Leadership Award, American Cancer Society, Eastern Division, 2000
• "Best Doctors in America," 2000-present
• Award for Outstanding CME Collaboration, Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, 2003
• "Gift of Life" Award, National Kidney Foundation, Western New York Chapter, 2004
• Awards for medical reporting from several organizations, including: American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Erie-Niagara Tobacco Free Coalition, Multiple Sclerosis Society

• Married Janet in 1967
• Three children: Lyle (married to Kim); Greg (married to Stacy); Rachel
• 3 grandchildren:  Ethan (Lyle & Kim) and Sydney and Alexis (Greg & Stacy)

• Reading
• Hunting wild mushrooms
• Cooking
• Playing harmonica

• Catch-22
• Jitterbug Perfume
• 100 Years of Solitude
• The 8
• The Rebel Angels

• "A Thousand Clowns"
• "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

• Buffalonians have a sincere "we're all in this together" attitude that makes them warm, generous and compassionate. We share a great secret - that this is a wonderful place to live - but we wish it weren't such a secret! Buffalo is also a great place to eat - and a great place to cook!

• There's a terrific professionalism and community spirit here. WIVB wanted medical reports that were believable, rather than sensational; that would inform people rather than create anxiety or panic. When I became the medical reporter, it was also with the understanding that my reports would emphasize high quality medical care and medical research in Western New York. That should be a source of pride for us, and WIVB is truly interested in boosting Buffalo.

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