Pasadena Media’s award-winning local TV talk show “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman” continues this Friday at 5 p.m., featuring guest Dr. John Corman, president of Huntington Health, a Cedars-Sinai affiliate.
Dr. Corman joined Huntington in May 2023 as chief clinical officer. He has more than two decades of clinical and executive leadership experience, including roles as chief clinical officer and medical director at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. He is a board-certified urologist, has performed more than 2,000 minimally invasive surgeries, published in leading journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, and served as a clinical professor for more than 20 years.
“‘Pasadena Monthly’ is must-watch television each month for everyone who cares about this city,” Falardeau said.
In 2024 and 2026, “Pasadena Monthly” won 1st place awards in the Talk Show category at the Alliance for Community Media West’s WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards. Chapman also won a 3rd place award in the Talk/Public Affairs category of the LA Press Club’s 66th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards for hosting “Pasadena Monthly.” Earlier this year, Chapman was a finalist in the Anchor/Host in TV/Film Broadcast category of the LA Press Club’s 68th annual Southern California Journalism Awards.
He has won more than a dozen LA Press Club journalism awards, including three 1st place awards. His other TV show, “Well Read with Justin Chapman,” won a 1st place Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media last year and was a finalist again in this year’s WAVE Awards.
Guests on “Pasadena Monthly” (and its previous iteration, “NewsRap Local”) have included Congress member Judy Chu; Congress member Adam Schiff; Assembly member Chris Holden; Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo; Pasadena city manager Miguel Márquez; LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger; JPL director Dr. Laurie Leshin; former Congress member Katie Hill; and many others.
Chapman was the youngest elected official in LA County when he served on the Altadena Town Council at age 19. He has served on a number of local boards and wrote hundreds of articles for dozens of print and digital publications, including KPCC/LAist, Alta Journal, Huffington Post, LA Weekly, Irish Post, Berkeley Political Review, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Now and many others. He is the author of two published books. He was a professional child actor who starred in dozens of movies, TV shows, commercials and plays. He previously served as Communications Officer for USC Annenberg’s Pacific Council on International Policy think tank and currently serves as the District 6 Council Liaison/Field Representative to Pasadena Councilmember Steve Madison.
Learn more at justindouglaschapman.com and pasadenamedia.org.