{{Short description|American physician and author}} {{Distinguish|Mark Siegel}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Marc K. Siegel | image = Marc K. Siegel, American physician.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = June 15, 1956 | birth_place = New York, New York | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = {{indented plainlist| *Physician and faculty member [[NYU Langone Medical Center]] *Medical contributor [[Fox News Channel]] *Author}} | employer = [[NYU Langone Medical Center]], [[Fox News]] | education = {{indented plainlist|*[[Brown University]] *[[University of Buffalo]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])}} | alma_mater = | occupation = [[Physician]], [[clinical professor]] | title = [[Doctor of Medicine]] | website = {{official website|http://www.doctorsiegel.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Marc K. Siegel''' is an American physician, clinical professor of medicine at [[NYU Langone Medical Center]], author, and contributor to ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']], [[Fox News]], and member of the board of contributors at ''[[USA Today]]''.<ref name="Fox News Profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/s/marc-siegel | title=Dr. Marc Siegel | work=Fox News | access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/07/20/monkeypox-testing-lessons-hiv-covid/10085704002/|title=Treating HIV taught us about inclusive care. Now monkeypox is testing what we learned.|first=Dr Marc|last=Siegel|website=USA Today}}</ref> He is the medical director of NYU's ''Doctor Radio'' on [[Sirius XM]].<ref name="whois">{{cite web |last1=Lahut |first1=Jake |title=Who is Marc Siegel, the doctor who will inspect President Trump on Fox News? |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-marc-siegel-bio-fox-news-doctor-inspect-trump-2020-10 |website=Business Insider |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Siegel attended [[East Meadow High School]].
Following high school, he attended [[Brown University]] in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1974 to 1978.
He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1985 from the [[State University of New York at Buffalo]].
He completed his residency in internal medicine in 1988 at [[NYU Langone Health|New York University Medical Center]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=M|first=David|title=Dr Marc Siegel Net Worth, How old, Age, Wife, Education, Bio Wikipedia|date=February 16, 2021 |url=https://www.marathi.tv/personalities/dr-marc-siegel-fox-news/|access-date=March 26, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|certain=y|date=January 2023|reason=see [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 264#marathi.tv]]}}
==Books and media commentary== ===Infectious disease and public health=== ====Swine flu, SARS, and avian influenza outbreaks==== In his books, columns, and interviews, Siegel suggested differentiated responses to infectious disease outbreaks, such as the [[2009 swine flu pandemic|swine flu]], [[2002–2004 SARS outbreak|SARS]], and [[avian influenza]] outbreaks. As a result, he has at times praised and at times criticized public health officials and the press for what he considered fearmongering about, or excessive focus on, certain outbreaks, arguing that resources should be directed toward other health threats.<ref name=NPR/><ref> *Esther Pan, [https://www.cfr.org/interview/interview-dr-marc-siegel-epidemics Interview with Dr. Marc Siegel on Epidemics], Council on Foreign Relations (August 17, 2005). *Marc Siegel, [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/false-bird-flu-scare/ The False Bird Flu Scare], ''The Nation'' (June 5, 2006).</ref> He has written three books promoting this view: ''False Alarm: the Truth About the Epidemic of Fear'' (2005),<ref>Marc Siegel, ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/False_Alarm.html False Alarm: The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear]'' (Wiley, 2005), Google Books.</ref> ''Bird Flu: Everything You Need to Know About the Next Pandemic'' (2006),<ref name=NPR>{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Terry|title=The Next Pandemic: Bird Flu, or Fear?|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5183999|access-date=April 1, 2014|newspaper=NPR|date=February 2, 2006}}</ref> and ''Swine Flu: The New Pandemic'' (2009).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-470-59267-0|title = Nonfiction Book Review: Swine Flu: The New Pandemic by Marc Siegel, Author John Wiley & Sons $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-470-59267-0}}</ref> Siegel promoted his book ''False Alarm'' in a September 2005 appearance on ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211129155233/https://www.cc.com/video/qca9nu/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-marc-siegel Marc Siegel], ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' (September 6, 2005).</ref>
In 2001, Siegel recommended that individuals focus their health efforts based on the most likely ailments, rather than those that generate the most media. At the time, [[bovine spongiform encephalopathy]] ("mad cow disease") was generating headlines, but the average American woman faced a 1-in-3 lifetime chance of heart disease, a much higher risk. Siegel suggested focusing on everyday interventions that can produce large health impacts, rather than media-driven fears.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Naversen Geraghty |first1=Lauren |title=Cancer, Heart Disease, Mad Cow, Oh My! Should You Worry About Scary Diseases? {{!}} Health.com |url=https://www.health.com/mind-body/cancer-heart-disease-mad-cow-oh-my-should-you-worry-about-scary-diseases |website=Explore Health |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928232821/https://www.health.com/mind-body/cancer-heart-disease-mad-cow-oh-my-should-you-worry-about-scary-diseases |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |date=September 28, 2021}}</ref>
During the 2009 outbreak of Swine flu, Siegel was a proponent of administering [[Tamiflu]] to children at [[summer camp]]s "where there have been large, confirmed outbreaks" in order to stop the spread; Siegel said that he respectfully disagreed with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC's]] guidance to limit the use of Tamiflu in camps when lives could be saved with more aggressive treatments.<ref>Donald G. McNeil Jr., [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/health/25flu.html Cut Back on Tamiflu, U.S. Official Says], ''The New York Times'' (July 24, 2009).</ref>
====COVID-19 pandemic==== During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], Siegel frequently appeared in media where he at times questioned the changing [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|CDC]] guidelines and at times supported them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Pesca|first=Mike|date=April 13, 2020|title=Fox's Favorite Physician Has Bad Advice for Viewers|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/marc-siegel-fox-doctor.html|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=Slate|language=en}}</ref> In January 2020, he "urge[d] people not to travel to China";<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Victor |date=2020-01-23 |title=Dr. Marc Siegel on coronavirus: 'I would really urge people not to travel to China right now' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-marc-siegel-on-coronavirus-worries |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> the following month he reported from the quarantine center where infected people from the Diamond Princess were in isolation, stating that "the virus appears to be more contagious than the flu and therefore very difficult to contain" and described [[Personal protective equipment|PPE]] in use.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Marc |date=2020-02-26 |title=Dr. Marc Siegel & Charles Couger: On frontline of coronavirus fight, University of Nebraska plays key role |url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dr-marc-siegel-charles-couger-in-fight-against-coronavirus-university-of-nebraska-plays-key-role |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> In a March 2020 appearance on Fox News's ''[[Hannity]]'', Siegel stated that, based on the declining case count in China at the time, COVID-19 "should be compared to the flu."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Egan|first=Elisabeth|date=September 10, 2020|title=In 'Hoax,' Brian Stelter Ventures Where No Author Has Gone Before|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/books/review/brian-stelter-hoax.html|access-date=October 9, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=Ingraham>{{Cite news|first=Christopher|last=Ingraham|date=June 25, 2020|title=New research explores how conservative media misinformation may have intensified the severity of the pandemic|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/25/fox-news-hannity-coronavirus-misinformation/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Fox's Dr. Marc Siegel says "worst case scenario" for coronavirus is "it could be the flu"|date=March 6, 2020 |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/foxs-dr-marc-siegel-says-worse-case-scenario-coronavirus-it-could-be-flu|access-date=October 9, 2020|publisher=Media Matters for America|language=en}}</ref> A study by [[Kathleen Hall Jamieson]] and [[Dolores Albarracín]], published in the peer-reviewed ''Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review'' in April 2020, identified Siegel's statement as part of a broader set of [[COVID-19 misinformation]] "circulating in conservative media."<ref name=Ingraham/><ref>[[Kathleen Hall Jamieson]] & [[Dolores Albarracín]], [https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-relation-between-media-consumption-and-misinformation-at-the-outset-of-the-sars-cov-2-pandemic-in-the-us/ The Relation between Media Consumption and Misinformation at the Outset of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in the US], ''Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review'' (April 20, 2020).</ref>
In July 2021, Siegel interviewed [[Anthony Fauci|Dr. Fauci]] on SiriusXM's Doctor Radio, during which Dr. Fauci noted that masking may be required into 2022 to protect the vulnerable.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lovelace |first=Berkeley Jr. |date=July 8, 2021 |title=Americans will need masks indoors as U.S. heads for 'dangerous fall' with surge in delta Covid cases |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/08/us-heading-for-dangerous-fall-with-surge-in-delta-covid-cases-and-return-of-indoor-mask-mandates.html |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> In a 2022 interview with Siegel, Dr. Fauci discussed future boosters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Dr. Fauci Opens Up About Origins Of COVID Virus |url=https://www.eatthis.com/news-fauci-covid-origins/ |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=Eat This Not That |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Vogt |first2=Adrienne |date=January 26, 2022 |title=Fauci expected to discuss universal coronavirus vaccine at White House briefing |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-variant-coronavirus-news-01-26-22/h_95dc2a580d371216a2fd8ae3f1970c27 |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> In July 2021, Siegel urged TV viewers to get vaccinated, noting in a TV appearance that "the vaccine works extremely well even against the delta variant, preventing infection in 90 percent of cases."<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2021 |title=Two Fox News hosts urge viewers to get vaccinated despite anti-jab rhetoric from colleagues |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-hosts-viewers-vaccinated-b1886818.html |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> In August 2021, Siegel advocated for wider availability of booster shots as a means to provide enhanced protection to broader groups.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ishak |first=Natasha |date=August 14, 2021 |title=Federal approval of a Covid-19 booster shot offers help for some Americans |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/8/14/22624596/cdc-approval-of-covid-19-booster-shot-offers-help-immunocompromised |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>
Siegel's 2020 book, ''COVID: The Politics of Fear and the Power of Science'', juxtaposes the meaningful scientific advancements in medicine of the last decades with the role of the media and politics in stoking extreme "doom and gloom" fears. The book examines technology that, prior to the pandemic, led to the healthiest and safest period in human history, and compares that to the decision-making process early in the pandemic. The Wall Street Journal reviewed it, stating "Dr. Siegel’s chief argument is hard to dismiss: that fear, encouraged by a news media obsessed with doom and misery, has impelled public-health experts ... to impose draconian policies and ordinary Americans either to exaggerate or ignore moderately serious problems like Covid-19."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Robert Redfield and Marc |date=August 15, 2021 |title=Opinion {{!}} The World Needs to Know What Happened at the Wuhan Lab |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/wuhan-virology-lab-leak-gain-of-function-research-ccp-beijing-covid-origins-coronavirus-11629037765 |access-date=September 6, 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Swaim |first=Barton |date=December 18, 2020 |title=Politics: The Experts and the Pandemic |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/politics-the-experts-and-the-pandemic-11608331377 |access-date=September 6, 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
Siegel at times praised parts of each of President [[Donald Trump]]'s and President [[Joe Biden|Joe Biden's]] handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/arts/television/late-night-trump-cognitive-test-washington-football-team.html Late Night Isn't Impressed with Trump’s Cognitive Dissonance], ''The New York Times'' (July 24, 2020).</ref><ref>Katie Rogers, [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/us/politics/trump-cognitive-test-results.html Trump Defends His Cognitive Testing Results on Fox News. Again.], ''The New York Times'' (July 22, 2020).</ref>
==== 2022 monkeypox outbreak ==== During the [[2022–2023 mpox outbreak]], Siegel praised the U.S. CDC for making changes to public health guidance that increased the likelihood of controlling the virus. He also praised improvements in real-time data collection that allowed refinements to public health messaging, an improvement over prior diseases. He urged faster distribution of vaccines and treatments to the hardest-hit areas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Dr Marc |title=As CDC reckons with flawed COVID-19 response, approach to monkeypox is finally improving |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/08/25/monkeypox-cdc-reckons-covid-mistakes/7866903001/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
==== Other public health topics ==== Siegel also compared the sanitation and [[Pest control|rodent control]] of New York City and Los Angeles during the COVID pandemic, noting that New York was improving from its early-COVID proliferation of garbage, but Los Angeles was not. He predicted that these differences would lead to a difference in public health outcomes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Marc |date=2022-09-27 |title=Rats and sewage are overwhelming America's biggest cities |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/3662944-rats-and-sewage-are-overwhelming-americas-biggest-cities/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref>
Following the on-field cardiac arrest of [[Damar Hamlin]] and his subsequent recovery, Siegel compared the power of positive stories to unite the country with the divisiveness of DC politics, in particular the fight over the election of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bengals long snapper on Damar Hamlin: 'I believe wholeheartedly in the power of prayer' |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/bengals-long-snapper-on-damar-hamlin-i-believe-wholeheartedly-in-the-power-of-prayer/ar-AA163aql |website=MSN |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref>
===Affordable Care Act=== Siegel criticized President [[Barack Obama]] over portions of his [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (ACA) health care reform legislation because Siegel believed the legislation would result in narrower networks, increased deductibles, and reduced access to care.<ref name=Siegel/> In 2017, Siegel wrote an op-ed in ''The New York Times'' that criticized the ACA and its [[essential health benefits]] provision (which he described as "an overstuffed prix fixe meal filled with benefits like maternity and mental health coverage") and praised the [[American Health Care Act of 2017|Republican legislation]] to [[2017 Affordable Care Act replacement proposals|repeal the ACA]].<ref name=RepublicanRepealBill>Marc K. Siegel, [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/what-the-republican-health-plan-gets-right.html What the Republican Health Plan Gets Right], ''The New York Times'' (May 5, 2017).</ref> During the repeal debate, Siegel supported Republican legislation that would limit "the menu of essential benefits" and instead create subsidized "high-risk pools" for [[Health insurance coverage in the United States|uninsured patients]] with pre-existing conditions, although he also opposed "drastic cuts to Medicaid" supported Medicare expansion based on the success shown in Indiana and Ohio, and urged increased interstate competition for insurers.<ref name="RepublicanRepealBill" />
In 2018, Siegel published an opinion piece in support of the Affordable Care Act's requirement that restaurants make [[Calorie count laws|calorie information available to diners]], noting studies that suggest calorie labeling can reduce intake by 30-40 calories daily, which adds up to a weight change of 3 to 5 pounds per year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Marc |title=Calorie counts on menus are good |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/05/04/calorie-counts-menus-good-health-good-business-column/575238002/ |work=USA Today}}</ref>
===Presidential candidate health=== During the first Trump administration, Siegel interviewed President Trump about topics including his health, during which Trump described a cognitive evaluation as requiring him to remember "[[Donald Trump in popular culture|person, woman, man, camera, TV.]]" The phrase later became a meme. The interview was praised by the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' as prompting a "six-minute meander through Trump’s thicket of self-diagnosis, during which the President mentioned China, Russia, Ukraine, judicial appointments, the [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fifth Amendment]], and, most notably, his ability to recite a string of five words while under observation by medical experts."<ref>{{Cite web |title=In defense of the softball interview |url=https://www.cjr.org/politics/fox-chris-wallace-siegel-trump-cognition.php |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}</ref>
Siegel advocates for public release of presidential candidate health records. Siegel reviewed the medical records of Senator John McCain during his 2000 presidential campaign, among others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2016 |title=Despite glowing doctor letters, health questions swirl around Trump and Clinton |url=https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/15/medical-records-clinton-trump-campaign/ |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=STAT |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2016, Siegel urged then-candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to release their health records, noting Trump's weight and diet created risks regarding his ability to serve.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Marc |date=September 20, 2016 |title=Marc Siegel, MD: What we still don't know about Hillary's health scare and Trump on 'Dr. Oz' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/marc-siegel-md-what-we-still-dont-know-about-hillarys-health-scare-and-trump-on-dr-oz |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> In Fox News appearances during the [[2016 U.S. presidential campaign]], he urged the release of health records of candidate [[Hillary Clinton]], in order to evaluate her physical fitness for office.<ref>James Hamblin, [https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/09/should-a-president-cough/498734/ When Hillary Clinton Coughs], ''The Atlantic'' (September 6, 2016).</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/11/in-prime-time-sean-hannity-carries-out-a-clinton-medical-investigation/ In prime time, Sean Hannity carries out a Clinton medical 'investigation'], ''The Washington Post'' (August 11, 2016).</ref><ref>Callum Borchers, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/23/a-guide-to-hillary-clintons-many-illnesses-as-diagnosed-in-the-conservative-media/ A guide to Hillary Clinton’s many 'illnesses,' as diagnosed in the conservative media], ''The Washington Post'' (August 23, 2016).</ref>
In a USA Today opinion piece published April 2015, Siegel compared the public release of Senator John McCain's health records during his presidential campaign to Secretary Clinton's refusal to release hers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 12, 2016 |title=Clinton's Medical Mistrust |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/clintons-medical-mistrust-1473722806 |access-date=June 30, 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> A further piece also published in April, this time in the Washington Times, repeated similar comparisons to past candidates’ disclosures.
Siegel has repeatedly ridden with [[President George W. Bush]] in his Warrior 100k annual three-day mountain bike ride, where they discussed the role of endurance exercise in healing physical wounds and behavioral challenges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Marc |title=Riding With Wounded War-Fighters |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/riding-with-wounded-war-fighters-1475621460 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref>
In 2018, [[Barbara Bush]] entered [[hospice]] after ceasing aggressive treatment for lung and heart disease. Siegel said her choice showed "fortitude [and] courage."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Marc |title=Barbara Bush Faces Death With Courage |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/barbara-bush-faces-death-with-courage-1523919117 |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=WSJ}}</ref> Similarly, when [[President Carter]] entered hospice care in 2023, Siegel discussed the legacy left by Carter as well as the opportunity to educate the public regarding [[palliative care]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Siegel |first1=Marc |title=A lion at dusk: Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments have been in health and welfare |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/02/20/jimmy-carter-entering-hospice-care-breaks-ground-again/11301682002/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |work=USA TODAY}}</ref>
===Mind-body connection and healing=== The [[Mind–body problem|mind-body problem]] refers to the challenge of reconciling neuro-physiology and [[consciousness]] in the human mind and brain. In ''The Inner Pulse: Unlocking the Secret Code of Sickness and Health'' (2011),<ref>{{cite web|title=The Inner Pulse: Unlocking the Secret Code of Sickness and Health|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com:8080/978-0-470-26039-5|date=May 16, 2011|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=April 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065855/http://www.publishersweekly.com:8080/978-0-470-26039-5|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> Siegel describes medical miracles and posits a perceptible but ineffable and immeasurable "essential life force" "where the physical and the spiritual combine," advising readers to engage in practices to strengthen and focus it for use in overcoming disease and healing. It was reviewed in Publishers Weekly as "an intriguing approach to the mind/body conundrum."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Inner Pulse: Unlocking the Secret Code of Sickness and Health by Marc Siegel |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780470260395 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
===Host of ''Doctor Radio Reports'' on SiriusXM=== Siegel has hosted the SiriusXM radio show ''Doctor Radio Reports''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coronavirus-everything-you-need-to-know/id1500967736|title=Coronavirus: Everything You Need to Know on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts}}</ref> twice a week since March 2020, focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the efficacy of public health efforts to neutralize it. He is the medical director of Doctor Radio.<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctor Radio's Medical Director, Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on why Healthcare Workers should be the first to get the COVID vaccine. |url=https://www.siriusxm.com/clips/social/embed/clip/e7adfb79-ca09-4825-b8ca-1aa0c124dea0/782881b5-b8c1-45e0-984e-839a6e8caf9b |access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref>
=== Teen Pregnancy === Siegel appeared on Fox News and suggested the decline in teen pregnancies is a problem because it is having a negative impact on the US birth rate. He claimed “the problem is teens and young adults from ages 15 to 19, the fertility rate is down 7 percent, and it’s down 70 percent over the last two decades, meaning we’re telling people that are young not to have babies, to wait until they’re in a more stable life situation, until they’re more financially secure. Maybe they haven’t found the right partner.”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-04-11 |title=Fox News analyst blames low birth rate on teens not having enough kids |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/fox-news-teen-birth-rates-b2955862.html |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Siegel was born on June 15, 1956, in New York City. He is married to Ludmilla Luda Siegel, who is a physician and neurologist. They have three children.
Siegel is Jewish and cites the [[Oath of Maimonides]] as a medical ethics influence.<ref name=Siegel>{{cite news|last1=Siegel|first1=Marc K.|title=Jewish Doctor: I choose Maimonides over Obama|url=https://nypost.com/2009/08/26/ill-stick-with-maimonides/|access-date=August 18, 2016|date=August 26, 2009|newspaper=New York Post}}</ref>
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