Myth:

If I know my family's health history, I don't need a genetic test.

Truth:

Family history is only one part of your health future. For example, most cases of breast cancer are found in women who have no family history.

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Michael J. Critelli (observer)

Upon his retirement in February 2009, Mr. Critelli completed a nearly 30-year career at Pitney Bowes Inc. where he served as CEO for 11 years and Chairman for 12 years. Under his leadership, the company was transformed into an industry leader with an expertise in secure business communications, and drove toward the globalization of its markets, products, business processes, and human resources.
 
Mr. Critelli’s leadership also extends to health care and healthy communities, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. At Pitney Bowes, he took a unique approach to tackling diseases such as obesity by implementing special prevention and wellness programs. These programs resulted not only in cost savings and improved health and morale for employees, but also in benefits to the company by reducing costs from disability, workers compensation, and absenteeism and improved productivity. In addition to his promotion of corporate wellness initiatives, Mr. Critelli has been a leader of national and global efforts to advance leading-edge onsite health care delivery and encourage health care quality improvement and cost-containment strategies.
 
Mr. Critelli currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for the Dossia Foundation, an organization funding an independent non-profit institute to develop a web-based framework for secure, private and portable patient-controlled health records, and the Dossia Service Corporation, a subsidiary of the Foundation formed to manage the delivery of Dossia services. He also serves on the Board of Directors for both Wyeth and the Eaton Corporation, as well as the Partnership for Prevention and the RAND Health Advisors boards, the Institute of Medicine’s Roundtable for Evidence-Based Medicine, the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Boston University Medical School, and the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center’s Advisory Board. He has won numerous community and industry awards.

Mr. Critelli completed his undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin and was awarded a J.D. cum laude at Harvard Law School.