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.

Kathy Kastan, LCSW, MAEd
Social Worker
Immediate Past President, WomenHeart
Cordova, TN

Kathy Kastan, LCSW/MAEd, is Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors of WomenHeart; a national organization dedicated to reducing death and disability among women living with heart disease. Ms. Kastan is the Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Northwest Region of the American Heart Association. As a bypass survivor at age 42, Ms. Kastan understands the unique perspectives and challenges of women living with heart disease. In speaking with women's groups, the media, health care providers and political leaders across the country about heart disease, Ms. Kastan urges women to know their risk factors for heart disease and insist that their doctors partner with them in their health care and treat them seriously.

Ms. Kastan holds an MSW and MAEd from Washington University in St. Louis and is a certified LCSW and licensed family mediator. She has more than 14 years of clinical experience in hospital and private settings, specializing in individual, family and group therapy for children, adolescents and adults.

Ms. Kastan's first book "From the Heart: A Woman's Guide to Living Well with Heart Disease" was published March 30, 2007 by Da Capo Lifelong Books-a member of the Perseus Books Group. The paperback edition was published in January of 2008. WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook was also published in January of 2008 and Ms. Kastan is a co-author.

Most importantly, Ms. Kastan has been married for 27 years and has 3 wonderful boys ages 21, 18 and 16. She resides in Memphis, Tennessee.

Eric Caine, MD
John Romano Professor & Chair
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY

Dr. Caine joined the faculty of the University of Rochester in 1978, following medical school at Harvard, residency training at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center and National Institute of Mental Health, and further postdoctoral research at NIMH.  He says he became fascinated with the relationships between organized brain functioning and behavioral disorders. In addition to his residency, he pursued additional training in neuropsychology and neurology as a means of exploring neuropsychiatry.
Dr. Caine's early research dealt with Huntington's disease, Tourette's syndrome and, to a lesser extent, Alzheimer's disease.This led to studies of depression and to the interface between mood disorders and general medical conditions. Since the late-1980s Dr. Caine, together with colleagues in what now has become the University of Rochester Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, has carried out research to understand the risk factors that lead to suicide, and has worked collaboratively with investigators in the U.S. and internationally to develop new public health and therapeutic approaches for suicide prevention.

Honorable Michael J. Miller
Family Court Judge (Retired)
Clinical Depression Survivor
Rochester, NY

Michael J. Miller was born February 12, 1939, in Rochester, New York.  He attended Rochester Public Schools and entered Syracuse University in 1956 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Political Science.  He received a Juris Doctor degree in 1963 from the Syracuse University College of Law.  After graduation, he returned to Rochester and engaged in the general practice of law.  During that time, he served as councilman for the Town of Brighton, from 1974 to 1989 and was Chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party from 1986 to 1988.  He has authored numerous articles on local government and advocated extensively for rights of disabled citizens.

In 1990 Michael Miller was appointed by Governor Mario M. Cuomo and confirmed by the New York State Senate to fill a vacancy on the Monroe County Family Court and was elected in November 1990 to a full ten-year term.  He wrote over 20 published decisions including Matter of Angelica C., which resulted in a major change in New York State's Child Abuse Law.

He presently serves on Monroe County Bar Association's Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee.  This Committee's function is to help lawyers and judges who suffer from alcohol abuse, substance abuse or clinical depression.  He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Home and of the Board of Directors of St. Joseph's Villa, and on the Advisory Board of the Children's Agenda.

Judge Miller is the recipient of many community awards: the Association for Retarded Citizen's Community Partner of the Year Award, Citizen of the Year designation by the Brighton Rotary Club, a Friend of Children Citation from the Rochester Area Childrens' Collaborative, the first annual Dick Schonfeld Circle of Courage Award given by the Monroe County Reclaiming Youth Collaborative, the Lyman C. Wynne Award for service to families, the Center for Dispute Settlement Jurist of the Year Award, the Daily Record's Nathaniel Award for outstanding service to the legal community, the Hannah G. Solomon Humanitarian Award from the National Council of Jewish Women and the Alternatives for Battered Women's "Restore the Hope" Award.

He is now of counsel with the law firm of Chamberlain, D'Amanda, Oppenheimer & Greenfield.

Christopher M. Callahan, MD
Director, Center for Aging Research
Regenstrief Institute, Inc.

Dr. Callahan graduated from St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1985.  He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 1988 and completed a fellowship in Health Services Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1991.  He has a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine and his research, education, and clinical interests are in primary care geriatrics.  He is a Research Scientist in the Regenstrief Institute, Inc and the founding Director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research.  He is the Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Professor in Aging Research.  In 1999-2000 he was a Visiting Scholar in the History and Psychopathology Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.  During this sabbatical, he co-authored the book "Reinventing Depression: A History of the Treatment of Depression in Primary Care" (Oxford University Press).

Dr. Callahan is a 1996 recipient of a Paul B. Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar in Aging Award.  His research has been supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Institute on Aging, and the National Institute on Mental Health.  Locally, he received the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award at Indiana University in 1997 and the Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award for Excellence in Health Sciences Research in 1999.  Dr. Callahan is a member of the Editorial Board of the Annals of Internal Medicine.  Dr. Callahan's research focuses on strategies to improve the care of older adults in primary care.  This research explores patient, provider, and systems-level interventions to enable primary care physicians to deliver excellent care to older adults.  His specific research interests include the recognition and treatment of late life depression and the care of older adults with dementia.

Barbara Moscowitz, MSW
Coordinator Geriatric Social Work
Geriatric Medicine Unit, Mass General Hospital
Boston, MA

Barbara Moscowitz grew up in the Northeast and stayed in the area for college, receiving her Bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and her Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from Boston College. She has spent her entire professional career at Mass. General Hospital in the Departments of Social Services and Geriatric Medicine, and has now been practicing at MGH for over 27 years. While working as an inpatient social worker in General Medicine, most of the patients Barbara encountered were older adults. This experience expanded her education and knowledge base and sparked an interest that inspired her to seek out further learning and training opportunities in that area.

Barbara finds the opportunity to meet patients and families as outpatients before crisis, and to provide counseling and education that empowers them to make important choices and decisions, to be the most rewarding part of her job. She enjoys the chance to be "proactive rather than reactive." As a health care professional, Barbara recognizes the importance of providing guidance to both the individual patient and their family. She offers support as patients and their families learn about available resources, make lifestyle changes, and adjust to changing roles as an "aging family".

Beyond the clinical setting, Barbara is currently conducting research on a wellness curriculum in the frail outpatient population, and her goal is to explore interventions that will enable chronically ill individuals to remain in their homes. She is also the Director of MGH Senior HealthWISE, a community-based program that aims to enhance the health and well being of older adults.
Outside of her dedication to her work and her patients, Barbara is a reading, film, and art enthusiast.