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#201 DEPRESSION

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

Eric D. Caine, M.D.
John Romano Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical
Rochester, NT

Sheila Briody, SSJ, D.Min.

Director of Counseling and Pastoral Counselor

St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center

Rochester, New York

 

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

            and

Director

Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Mary Jo Codey

First Lady of New Jersey

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#202 PROSTATE CANCER

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

 

Deborah A. Kuban, M.D.

Professor

Department of Radiation Oncology

The University of Texas

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

 

Edward M. Messing, M.D., FACS

W.W. Scott Professor

Chairman, Dept. of Urology

Professor of Oncology and Pathology

Deputy Director of James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

 

Peter A. Pinto, M.D.

Urologic Oncology Branch

National Cancer Institute, NIH

 

Edward Smith

Retired Information Technology (IT) Professional

Prostate Cancer Patient

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#203 EPILEPSY

 

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

 

Dr. Lynn Blackburn

Pediatric Neuropsychologist

Pediatric Epilepsy Center,  St. Louis Children's Hospital

 

Robert A. Gross M.D., Ph.D, FAAN

Professor of Neurology and of Pharmacology and Physiology

University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Epilepsy Center

 

Bruce Hermann, PH.D

Director of the Matthews Neuropsychology Lab

University of Wisconsin- Madison

 

Tony Coelho

Chairman, Epilepsy Foundation

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#204 VISION CORRECTION

Louis J. Papa, M.D.

Primary Care Physician

Partner, Olsan Medical Group, Strong Health, Rochester, NY

 

Scott MacRae, M.D.  

Director of Refractive Services, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

 

Michael DePaolis, OD, FAAO

Optometrist

Rochester, N.Y.

 

Douglas D. Koch, M.D.

Professor of Ophthalmology and The Allen, Mosbacher and Law Chair of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine

 

Dean "Dino" Kay

Radio Broadcaster and On-Air Personality

WCMF, Infinity Broadcasting, Rochester, NY.

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#205 STROKE

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

 

Curtis Benesch, M.D., M.P.H.

Director of the Strong Stroke Center

Ass. Professor of Neurology, University of Rochestser Medical Center

 

Larry B. Goldstein, M.D.

Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Duke University and the Durham VA Medical Center

 

Kyra Mills

Paramedic

 

Davin Brigman

Welder and Stroke Survivor

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#206 EATING DISORDERS

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

 

Constance Rhodes

Founder and Executive Director, www.FINDINGbalance.com

Author, Life Inside the Thin Cage

 

Donald McAlpine, M.D.

Psychiatrist

Director of Eating Disorder services at Mayo Clinic

 

Pauline Powers, M.D.

President - Elect, National Easting Disorder Association

Prefessor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Health Sciences ceter, College of Medicine, University of South Florida

President, National Eating Disorder Association

 

Lesley Heywood, Ph.D.

Author of "Dedication to Hunger: The Anoriexic in Modern Culture"

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#207 JOINT REPLACEMENT

Allen D. Boyd, Jr., M.D.

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Chief of the Division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Rochester

C. McCollister Evarts, M.D.

CEO, University of Rochester Medical Center and Strong Health

 

John Baum, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Emeritus

Professor of Pediatrics University of Rochester Medical Center

 

Lesley Visser

Sportscaster

 

Elissa Orlando

Civilian Guest

 

#208 METABOLIC SYNDROME

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

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

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

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

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

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest  

#209 WOMEN'S CARDIAC HEALTH

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

Christopher J. Cove M.D.
Assistant Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
University of Rochester Medical Center

Arthur J. Moss, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
University of Rochester Medical Center

Jamie Hammond
Television Manager

Gladys Velarde, M.D.
Director, Strong Women's Heart Program
University of Rochester Medical Center

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest 

#210 BACK PAIN

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

Mickey Burt, D.C.
Chiropractor
Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa,
Burt Clinic of Chiropractic, Walcott, Iowa

Robert Medcalf, PT, Dip MDT

Dr. Paul T. Rubery, MD

Rev. Susan Shafer

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest  

#211 COLON CANCER

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

Alok A. Khorana, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center,
University of Rochester

Sapna Syngal, M.D.
Director of the Brigham and Women's Gastroenterology
Center for the Screening, Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer

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

Eric Logan
IT Project Manager in Kodak's Worldwide Information Systems organization

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest

#212 SKIN CANCER

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

Dr. Laurie Polis, M.D.

Jennifer Cooper, M.D.

Randy Wickett, M.D.

Kim Fahnley

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest

#213 ASTHMA

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

Mike Apostolakos, M.D.

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

John Condemi, M.D.

Monica Wright

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest

 
 
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