“It is my absolute pleasure to be joining the team at Second Opinion which has been enlightening viewers on health issues for sixteen years. I’d always imagined I’d follow in my father’s footsteps, a cancer surgeon who was dedicated to his patients wellbeing. While I did not become a doctor, as a broadcaster and health advocate, I have had a lifetime opportunity to educate and empower others to better control their health and longevity. I look forward to becoming a part of the PBS family!”
Second Opinion with Joan Lunden is a national health initiative that reaches an engaged audience through television, web, social media, and community and national outreach. The series has been helping people become healthy, stay healthy, and navigate the healthcare system since its inception in 2004. Second Opinion with Joan Lunden uses the power and the mission of noncommercial public media to educate, promote good health, improve doctor/patient communication, and empower people to take charge of their own healthcare. Second Opinion with Joan Lunden focuses on health literacy in a way that is relevant and accessible to viewers and to physicians, in a format that engages and entertains. The program and related website and social media provide trusted health information on every platform, and the weekly television program engages viewers from across the United States as they watch doctors and patients talk through a variety of health issues from high blood pressure and cancer, to mental health and racial disparities in health.
Seen on public television stations across the country, the goal of Second Opinion is to promote good health, improve doctor/patient communication and empower viewers to take charge of their own healthcare, and in turn, help them navigate the medical system for better health outcomes.
Using intriguing, real-life medical cases, the specialists grapple with diagnosis and treatment options to give viewers the most up-to-date, accurate medical information.
Relevant and accessible to both patients and physicians, Second Opinion can be found everywhere you are—on-air, on-line on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and on demand on YouTube. No matter what your health concerns are, you can find information on Second Opinion.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is the proud sponsor of Second Opinion.
Second Opinion is produced by WXXI Public Broadcasting and is Distributed by American Public Television.
