CathyAnn Howes
Educational Administrator
Hypertension Patient

CathyAnn Howes describes her life as adventurous. As Past President and life-time member of the NYS Outdoor Education Association, she's an outdoor educator, enthusiast and environmental advocate.  She's traveled solo, camping in the Andes in Ecuador, the Galapagos, Hawaiian Islands and closer to home in the Rockies, Hudson Bay area, and Eastern Sierra Mountains.  She's a novice, although a trophy holder, in track and ice race car driving, and was a chief crew for a vintage '64 Mini Cooper for several years. Her passion is project management, training, and program design and development, which she's honed through many opportunities in both the private and public sectors. Currently, as a Chief Education Administrator for NYS Developmental Disabilities Service Office in the Finger Lakes, CathyAnn oversees the school program she created in a residential treatment setting, and works with the 86 school systems in the ten county district on behalf of school-aged children. Managing hypertension over the past two decades has been a challenge in adjusting to healthful, compatible lifestyle choices and seeking a good match with medications in partnership with her medical team. Having accomplished the balance, hypertension does not impact her quality of life at play, all day, everyday!

Lisa Y. Harris, M.D.
Primary Care Physician, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Private Practice, Rochester, NY

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 in Downtown Rochester, NY.  In addition to a busy medical practice, Dr. Harris is a licensed evangelist in the Church of God in Christ, a Sunday school teacher, youth group leader, President of the Young Women's Christian council at her local church. She is a member of Jack and Jill of Rochester, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physician Executives and serves on numerous boards in her community.

Henry Greenberg, M.D.
Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
Columbia University

Henry Greenberg, M.D. is a clinical cardiologist at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.  He is an Associate Director of Cardiology and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.  In addition to these activities, he has been involved in global health and cardiac prevention for many yeas.  He was a Peace Corps Physician in Africa early in his career and more recently has been a participant in continuing medical education programs in Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation.  These interests have come together in a recent project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University where he was a contributing author of  A Race Against Time, a study of the macroeconomic impact of heart disease in emerging economies.  Dr. Greenberg has been active at the New York Academy of Sciences, serving on the Board of Governors for 10 years, including a term as Chairman.  Many years ago Dr. Greenberg taught a course in medicine for the lay public at New York's New School for Social Research, making Second Opinion is like a second home; the right program at the right time.

John D. Bisognano, M.D., Ph.D.
Preventive Cardiologist and Hypertension Specialist
University of Rochester Medical Center

Dr. Bisognano is Associate  Professor of Internal Medicine in the Cardiology Unit at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Bisognano is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease and is a specialist in Hypertension. His areas of special interest include preventive cardiology, hypertension, heart failure and heart transplantation.  He received his medical degree from the State University of New York at Syracuse and completed a medical residency at  University of Michigan Medical Center. After a fellowship in preventive cardiology and hypertension at the University of Michigan, Dr. Bisognano completed a fellowship in cardiology at the University of Colorado, specializing in heart failure and transplantation. He is presently the director of cardiac rehabilitation and clinical preventive cardiology at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.

Lisa Sanders, M.D.
Author, The Perfect Fit Diet
Yale Internal Medicine

Lisa Sanders, M.D., is an internist practicing in Connecticut and is on the faculty of Yale University School of Medicine. In her research and practice, she specializes in the treatment of overweight and obese patients. Before entering medical school, she was an Emmy Award-winning producer at CBS News, where she covered medicine and health. Her widely read "Diagnosis" column appears monthly in The New York Times. Dr. Sanders lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband and two daughters. She is the author of The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine What Science Knows About Weight Loss With What You Know About Yourself.

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.