Dr. Peter Salgo is one of the country's most respected health care professionals. As a practicing physician at Columbia University Medical Center in NYC, he makes rounds five days a week. Specializing in the pre- and post-operative treatment of heart patients, heart transplant recipients and artificial heart candidates, he maintains a full time practice in Intensive Care Medicine in the Open Heart ICU at Columbia.

Dr. Salgo is an Emmy Award-Winning Health and Science Correspondent. For more than two decades, he has been the Health and Science Correspondent for CBS-affiliate, WCBS TV in New York. He has anchored the CBS Radio network broadcast Healthtalk, the CNBC Network broadcast America's Vital Signs and the syndicated broadcast Healthcare 2000. He has covered the war against heart disease, the dawning of the age of AIDS, the deciphering of the Human Genome and the development of Retin-A. He pioneered the concept of investigative medical journalism. He exposed the terrible working conditions at Pym Thermometer Company in Brooklyn. His investigation  resulted in the indictment and conviction of the guilty business owners. His exposé documenting the hazards of child safety seats on airliners forced the Federal Government to revise its regulations.

After graduating with a degree in Physics and English from Columbia College in New York, Dr. Salgo pursued a medical career while working as a broadcast journalist. He is currently a Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Dr. Salgo is immersed in the world that Second Opinion inhabits every day. He believes passionately that this show provides the public with valuable insight into the issues doctors, medical professionals and patients face day to day.