Louis J. Papa, M.D.
Primary Care Physician
Partner, Olsan Medical Group, Strong Health, Rochester, NY

Louis J. Papa M.D., FACP is board certified in Internal Medicine and is a primary care physician and partner at Olsan Medical Group.  He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Rochester, where he helps educate internal medicine residents on primary outpatient care.  He is also an attending physician at Strong Memorial Hospital. In 1989, Dr. Papa graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine and came to Rochester to complete his residency at Strong.  He is a member of the American College of Physicians.   Dr. Papa was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians at age 33, is a former Delegate for the Young Physicians Section representing New York State to the American Medical Association, and was named by his peers to "Best Doctors in America" in 2001.  He was selected by "Rochester Business Journal" as one of the "Forty under Forty" young community leaders in 2001 and was named as one of only 25 physicians under 40 years old nationally to receive the "Excellence in Medicine Award" from the American Medical Association Foundation for leadership in 2003. Dr. Papa is a member of numerous medical, civic and community committees and boards including volunteer work with the uninsured, and as Vice- President of the local medical society.

Caroline Breese Hall, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine in Infectious Disease
University of Rochester

Caroline Breese Hall, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.  She graduated from Wellesely College and Rochester Medical School and did her subsequent residency training at Yale, followed by fellowships first in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and then Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Medicine at Yale.  At Rochester her research has focused on virology, especially respiratory syncytial virus, human herpes virus 6, and vaccines, resulting in over 500 published articles.  Among the national positions Dr. Hall has held are President of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the Red Book Committee for 8 years and Chairman for 4 years, the CDC's Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center of Infectious Diseases, Committees for the Institute of Medicine, the American Board for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Subboard for Pediatric Infectious Diseases.  Among the awards she has received are the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Distinguished Physician Award and the Clinical Virology Award from the PanAmerican Society of Virology, as well as being named among the Best Doctors in America and among the top 20 women physicians in America.

Abigail Salyers, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
University of Illinois

Abigail Salyers Ph.D. is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL), where she has conducted research and taught for over 20 years.  Prof. Salyers earned her Ph.D. in Physics at the George Washington University (Washington, D.C.).  After working as a physicist for nearly 10 years, she made the transition to microbiology by doing post-doctoral work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, VA).  Prof. Salyers' research has focused on the bacteria that are normally found in the human intestinal tract, in particular the mechanisms by which these bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.  She has published over 150 scientific papers and two textbooks.  Prof. Salyers was co-director of the Microbial Diversity Summer Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA) from 1995-1999.  She has provided expert testimony on genetically modified plants and antibiotic use in agriculture for a variety of regulatory agencies in Europe and the U.S.  Prof. Salyers served as the President of the American Society for Microbiology in 2001-2002. 

Robert Betts, M.D.
Professor of Infectious Disease
University of Rochester

Elissa Orlando
Civilian Guest

Elissa L. Orlando is a 20-year veteran of public affairs programming and multimedia storytelling. Orlando is director of national programming and special projects at WXXI Public Broadcasting. She was producer of the nationally televised Crucible of Freedom companion program to Ken Burns Not for Ourselves Alone.  Orlando has won several New York State broadcasting awards for television news reporting in Somalia Africa, Homestead Florida and other local and national venues.  She is a recipient of the Gracie award for television programming from American Women in Radio and Television, and she is the recipient of a Telly award for her production of the TV documentary Reclaiming the Crescent.  Orlando also received the Woman of the Distinction award from the Jefferson County Women's Conference in 1995. She was formerly TV news and public affairs director at WXXI, where she also served as executive producer, Website editor and news anchor of Need to Know, WXXI's Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine.