Dr. Peter Salgo is one of the countryís most respected healthcare professionals. As a practicing physician at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, 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 also the author of the groundbreaking book The Heart of the Matter. The book introduces a preventative program that includes traditional diet and exercise guidelines as well as a blanket recommendation that adults, even young adults, incorporate medicines into their ongoing pursuit of health and longevity.

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 Americaís 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, exposing the terrible working conditions at Pym Thermometer Company in Brooklyn. His exposÈ documenting the hazards of child safety seats on airliners forced the Federal Government to revise its regulations.

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 every day.