Dr. Anna Tong McNay This is Me

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1. 1. Dermatologist, Fremont & Milpitas, CA - Center for Dermatology - Cosmetic and Laser Surgery

   www.centerforderm.com/doctors. - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/10/2007   Last Visited: 10/10/2007

   ANNA TONG McNAY, M.D Dr. McNay graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics before attending the UCLA School of Medicine. After completing her internship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, she was a Resident and Chief Resident in Dermatology at UCLA. She then continued her training as a Fellow specializing in Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery. She is currently an Adjunct Instructor at Stanford University and is Board Certified in Dermatology. She speaks Chinese in addition to English.

2. 2. DermatologyTimes - Medical Programming Needs TV Guidance

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   Published on: 11/20/2002   Last Visited: 11/22/2002

   In Pleasanton, Calif., Anna McNay, M.D., laughs. "The only one I watch is "Scrubs" - it's a good satire. I don't want to go home and do work again. I don't watch all the time, but actually it's satirically true. It reminds me of the internship. My nurse has asked, 'Don't they just make fun of things,' and I said, 'No! That's the way it really is' - although they do go to a higher level and exaggerate it a little."
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   Dr. McNay is not alone in that assessment.
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   Because of a personal connection, Dr. McNay says she did try to watch "ER." I did my internship where "ER" gets its information. Actually, some of the episodes kind of remind me of internship. I watched it a couple of times but got tired of it because it was too much like work, [but] it's not all that realistic. When they call out for a certain drug or equipment, and you know it's wrong. ... So things are a little bit exaggerated."
   
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   According to Dr. McNay, a clinical instructor at Stanford, "TV can be good in that sometimes the shows will bring up issues that people should know to look out for. If they have an episode on melanoma, I'm sure people will be thinking they should talk to a doctor. But they may also request a lab test they saw on TV - and it's a $10,000 test and it's just useless. You have to counsel them."
   
   Dr. McNay thinks news shows influence viewers more than dramas. "There are certain shows, such as "20/20," and when they show a doctor killing his wife or something, that's worse because those shows are more documentary-like. They're actually more influential because they happened in real life, with a couple of bad apples spoiling the barrel."