Lisa Harris, M.D.
Primary Care Physician, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome

Dr. Harris is in private practice and has been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.  She made changes in diet and exercise to treat the condition and currently has the syndrome and diabetes, under control.

Lisa Harris, M.D. was born in Oneida, New York, the eldest child and only daughter of the honorable Judge Roy and Mrs. Lucille King. Dr. Harris attended Monroe Jr. Sr. High School and then furthered her education at the University of Rochester, where she received a B.S. in neurosciences.  Later, she attended Morehouse School of Medicine where she received her medical degree. Her training was completed at the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, MI. Dr. Harris is boarded in two specialties, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, allowing her to care for both the adult and pediatric populations. Currently, Dr. Harris is in private practice.

Mike Apostolakos, M.D.

Michael J. Apostolakos, MD, FCCP is currently Director of Adult Critical Care and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center.  Dr. Apostolakos has been on staff at the University of Rochester Medical Center for eleven years and currently holds the academic rank of Associate Professor of Medicine.  Dr. Apostolakos is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care.  In 2005, Dr. Apostolakos was selected as one of the "Best Doctors in America" and was selected for inclusion in "Who's Who in the Medical Science Education".  In 2004, Dr. Apostolakos won the Prestigious University of Rochester Medical Center Board Physician Excellence Award. 

Dr. Apostolakos lectures locally, regionally and nationally on a broad range of Pulmonary and Critical care topics.  His research and publications deal mainly with Sepsis, the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Pneumonia.

Dr. Apostolakos acts a journal reviewer for several publications and is past president of the New York State Thoracic Society.  Dr. Apostolakos also serves as a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Physicians, the American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians.

Darryl Zeldin, M.D.
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH
Associate Consulting Professor of Medicine, Duke University

Darryl C. Zeldin, M.D. is a Senior Investigator and Head of the Environmental Cardiopulmonary Diseases Section at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH).  He is an internationally recognized expert in environmental causes of asthma.  Dr. Zeldin received his medical degree from Indiana University in 1986.  He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Duke University Medical Center in 1989 and a Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at Vanderbilt University in 1993.  He was recruited to the NIH in 1994 and promoted to Senior Investigator with Tenure in 2001.  He directs a large asthma research program at NIH which involves both basic and clinical studies.  He is also an Associate Consulting Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center where he regularly attends on the Pulmonary service and in the Medical Intensive Care Unit.   Dr. Zeldin is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, is a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Association of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.  He is also active in the American Thoracic Society.  He is the Principal Investigator of the National Allergen Survey and the asthma component of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and has served on a number of international asthma advisory groups.  Dr. Zeldin has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.  His research has also been featured on NPR, Good Morning America, USA Today, US News and World Report, and on other nationally recognized media venues. 

John Condemi, M.D.

Dr. Condemi is one of the founding partners of Allergy Asthma Immunology of Rochester, PC. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), American College of Physicians (ACP), American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and is a member of the New York Academy of Science. He has been and currently is on the Boards of numerous organizations, has received many awards for outstanding service. He has been elected by his peers as one of the best doctors in America every year since 1976. He has been recognized as one of America's well-known specialists. He has served on several editorial boards and has published many papers, abstracts, and chapters. Dr. Condemi's therapeutic and research interests lie "wherever the immune system goes".

Monica Wright

Monica has spent most of her adult life and career working with children. Starting as a stay-at-home mother with a family based home daycare to working in childcare center setting. Currently she works fulltime as a program coordinator and a part time group exercise instructor at a local YMCA.
 
Several winters ago she was treated for chronic bronchitis. After lengthy conversation with her physician, they came to no conclusion as to why she kept getting bronchitis,  It wasn't until Monica was having a casual conversation with her mother that she found out she'd been diagnosed with asthma as a child. Her mother never mentioned it to her because after about age 5, Monica never showed symptoms and her mother assummed it was "cured".
 
Monica knows her triggers and manages her asthma. She hasn't let it slow her down. She teaches 3 exercise classes a week as well working out on her own.
 
Her advice to anyone with asthma is learn your triggers and never let it prevent you from doing everything you want.

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest

Elissa L. Orlando is a 20-year veteran of public affairs programming and multimedia storytelling. Orlando is director of national programming and special projects at WXXI Public Broadcasting. She was producer of the nationally televised Crucible of Freedom companion program to Ken Burns Not for Ourselves Alone.  Orlando has won several New York State broadcasting awards for television news reporting in Somalia Africa, Homestead Florida and other local and national venues.  She is a recipient of the Gracie award for television programming from American Women in Radio and Television, and she is the recipient of a Telly award for her production of the TV documentary Reclaiming the Crescent.  Orlando also received the Woman of the Distinction award from the Jefferson County Women's Conference in 1995. She was formerly TV news and public affairs director at WXXI, where she also served as executive producer, Website editor and news anchor of Need to Know, WXXI's Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine.