Peter L. Salgo MD

Dr. Peter Salgo is one of the country’s most respected healthcare professionals. As a practicing physician at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in NYC, he makes rounds five days a week. Specializing in intensive care medicine, 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 Surgical ICU's at Columbia.

He is currently a Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Salgo is 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 on-going pursuit of health and longevity.