Lisa Harris, MD
Primary Care Physician
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Dr. Harris was born in Oneida, New York, In March 1962. She is the eldest child and only daughter of the Honorable Judge Roy W. and Mrs. Lucile King.  Dr. Harris attended Monroe Jr. Sr., High School in Rochester New York.  She furthered her education at the University of Rochester where she received a B.S. in neurosciences. Later, she attended Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, where she received her medical degree. Her training was completed at the Detroit Medical Center, in Detroit Michigan. Dr. Harris is board certified in 2 specialties, Internal medicine and Pediatrics, allowing her to care for both the adult and pediatric populations. Currently, Dr. Harris is in private practice in Downtown Rochester. In addition to a busy medical practice, she is the President of the Medical Staff at Highland Hospital, an Assistant Clinical Professor in the departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester and a regular guest on "Second Opinion" shown on PBS. She is a licensed evangelist in the Church of God in Christ and president of the Christian Women's Council at her church. She is a member of Jack and Jill of Rochester Inc, The American College of Physicians, The American Academy of Pediatrics, The American College of Physician Executives. She serves on numerous boards in the community and is an avid seamstress.

Carol Levine, MA
Director, Families and Health Care Project
United Hospital Fund, New York City
Author, "Always on Call" and "The Culture of Caregiving"
New York, NY

Carol Levine joined the United Hospital Fund in New York City in 1996. She directs the Families and Health Care Project, which focuses on developing partnerships between health care professionals and family caregivers.  She directed the Citizens Commission on AIDS in New York City from 1987-91 and The Orphan Project 1991-96.  As a senior staff associate of The Hastings Center, she edited the Hastings Center Report.  In 1993 she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for her work in AIDS policy and ethics. She edited Always On Call: When Illness Turns Families into Caregivers (2^nd ed., Vanderbilt University Press, 2004), and with Thomas H. Murray, co-edited The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals and Policy Maker (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004). 

Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D
Director of Behavioral Sciences
Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency
Author, "The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers"
Swarthmore, PA

Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. is a Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist and the Director of Behavioral Sciences for the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Springfield, PA. He is the author of,  "The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers--Looking After Yourself and Your Family While Helping an Aging Parent" (Guilford, 2006).  A former journalist, he writes an advice column for "Take Care!", the newsletter of the National Family Caregivers Association, edits the "In Sickness & Health" column for the journal "Families, Systems & Health" and co-writes regular articles on family caregiving for HealthCentral.com.  For the past two years, he has been a national spokesperson on family caregiving for the American Heart Association. He was previously a national expert panel on cancer and caregiving, organized by the Rosalyn Carter Institute for Caregiving.  He has given hundreds of public presentations on family caregiving around the country to caregivers, physicians, nurses, social workers and mental health providers.  He has been quoted on family caregiving in such national publications as The New York Times, AARP Magazine, Prevention, and Woman's Day.  Visit http://www.emotionalsurvivalguide.com for more information.  

Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH
Director of Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neuropsychiatry
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Author, "The 36-Hour Day" and "Practical Dementia Care"
Towson, MD

Dr. Peter Rabins has been on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine since 1978 and is now Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry.  He also is a member of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and an adjunct family member of the Bloomberg school of Public Health, both at the Johns Hopkins University.  Dr. Rabins has focused his career on the study of psychiatric symptoms in the elderly and in persons with neurological illnesses.  He is the author of "The 36-Hour Day", "Practical Dementia Care", and "Getting Old Without Getting Anxious".

View a complete list of Video Press programs with Dr. Rabins online at:  http://www.videopress.umaryland.edu/Peter_Rabins.html

Beth Witrogen
Author, Journalist, Speaker
Author, "Caregiving:  The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss and Renewal"
www.witrogen.com
Antioch, CA 

Beth Witrogen is a writer, speaker, and consultant on spirituality, caregiving, and renewal at midlife. She is a double Pulitzer Prize nominee, one for her book Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal (Wiley) and one for her groundbreaking newspaper series ("The Caregivers") at The S.F. Examiner.

Drawing on deep personal and professional experience, Beth has earned many national and regional awards for her writing. She has published in many key markets, including Good Housekeeping, SELF, Family Circle, Health, Cooking Light, the Wall Street Journal, and Aging Today, and on Web sites including WebMD, ThirdAge, and Consumer Health Interactive. She was editor of Rodale Press's And Thou Shalt Honor, a companion book to the 2002 PBS series on which she was a consultant. She was key editor for Dr. Mary Furlong's Turning Silver Into Gold (Prentice-Hall, 2007) and for Who Shall Pay For Long-Term Care?

Beth is a national speaker regarded for her inspiration and insight. She gives keynotes and workshops on conscious aging, wellness for caregivers, and women's issues. She has been interviewed widely on television (including the "Today" show), radio (NPR and Wisdom Radio), in print (Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Body & Soul, Newsday, Time, Christian Science Monitor, Prevention, and Money), and the web (HealthDay). She originated the nation's first online caregiving support group, for AARP; developed the Caregiving Channel for ThirdAge.com; and has consulted on four PBS programs on caregiving. For five years she taught "Taking Care of Your Aging Parents" at Barnes & Noble University Online, a course she created.

Beth is also a professional photographer specializing in wildlife; her work has been featured in shows and galleries in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is writing a new book on women's renewal at midlife, and blogs as the relationships/caregiving expert for SmartNow.com.  

Kevin McCormick, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Geriatrics & Medicine Associates
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, NY

Kevin McCormick M.D., Ph.D. is a faculty member at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Geriatrics & Medicine Associates, which provides primary care services for seniors in the greater Rochester area, through Highland Hospital. Dr. McCormick is responsible for medical education involving medical students, residents, and fellows seeking advanced training in Geriatrics. He created the "Care of the Older Patient" course, now required for all interns in the Department of Medicine. While his original field of research was immune function and aging, he is currently involved in projects related to depression in the elderly, doctor-patient communication, and medical education. Dr. McCormick did his undergraduate studies at Cornell University and his graduate work at the Medical College of Virginia where he received an M.S. in gerontology and a Ph.D. for his work on immunosenescence, before completing his medical training.