Longtime CBS New York chief medical correspondentDr.
Max Gomez, affectionately known as Dr. Max, died Saturday after a long illness, the station reported.
He previously served as health and science editor for WNBC-TV, WNEW-TV and KYW-TV in Philadelphia.
He also received national television journalism awards from The Marfan Foundation and the Leukemia Society of America.
He also mentored undergraduate journalism and medical students and physicians interested in medical journalism.
Gomez is survived by his children Max Gomez IV and Katie Gomez.
