Louis J. Papa, M.D.
Primary Care Physician
Partner, Olsan Medical Group, Strong Health, Rochester, NY

Louis J. Papa M.D., FACP is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a primary care physician and partner at Olsan Medical Group.  He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Rochester, where he helps educate internal medicine residents on primary outpatient care.  He is also an attending physician at Strong Memorial Hospital. In 1989, Dr. Papa graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine and came to Rochester to complete his residency at Strong.  He is a member of the American College of Physicians.   Dr. Papa was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians at age 33, is a former Delegate for the Young Physicians Section representing New York State to the American Medical Association, and was named by his peers to "Best Doctors in America" in 2001.  He was selected by "Rochester Business Journal" as one of the "Forty under Forty" young community leaders in 2001 and was named as one of only 25 physicians under 40 years old nationally to receive the "Excellence in Medicine Award" from the American Medical Association Foundation for leadership in 2003. Dr. Papa is a member of numerous medical, civic and community committees and boards including volunteer work with the uninsured, and as Vice- President of the local medical society.

John Bisognano, M.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.

David Katz, M.D., M.P.M., F.A.C.P.M.
Author, The Way to Eat
Co-Founder and Director, Yale's Prevention Research Center

David L. Katz, M.D., MPH, FACPM, FACP is Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine, where he Directs Yale's Prevention Research Center.  He is a board-certified specialist in both Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine, and has been in clinical practice for 15 years.  He is a nationally renowned expert on nutrition and weight control, and has served as a consultant to the US Secretary of Health, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Florida Governor's Obesity Task Force, and the Ministries of Health in Canada and Israel.  Dr. Katz has published some 70 scientific articles and 7 books to date, including a nutrition textbook for clinicians, and a book for the public detailing skills and strategies for lifelong healthful eating and weight control, entitled The Way to Eat (Sourcebooks, 2002; www.thewaytoeat.net). A featured speaker in 2004 at the TIME Magazine/ABC News Summit on Obesity in Williamsburg, VA, Dr. Katz is also featured in an upcoming PBS special on the obesity epidemic hosted by Walter Cronkite, and a VH1 celebrity weight loss program to air in January, '05.  Dr. Katz is the nutrition columnist to 'O,' the Oprah Magazine, contributing a monthly column entiteld 'The Way to Eat.'  In early '05, he will be launching a nutrition column with the New York Times syndicate.  Dr. Katz lives in Connecticut with his wife, Catherine, and their 5 children: Rebecca, Corinda, Valerie, Natalia, and Gabriel.

Lisa Y. 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.

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.