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.  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 Memorial Hospital where he is currently an attending physician. Dr. Papa is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 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 involved in a number of medical, civic and community activities and boards including his role as a board member of the largest health foundation in Upstate New York -- the Greater Rochester Healthcare Foundation, volunteer work with the uninsured, as a New York Council member for the American College of Physicians and is currently President of the local medical society.

Christine Rogers
Health Reporter

Christine is an award winning producer and reporter. She is the recipient of two Edward R. Murrow awards for her investigative journalism work. She was nominated for an Emmy for her documentary on sex offenders and was recently recognized by the Mental Health Association of North Carolina for a series of reports on mental illness. Christine has extensive health reporting experience. She produces and hosts Healthwise on UNC-TV, North Carolina's public broadcasting network. Each month she tackles a different health care topic from diabetes prevention and control to the problem of childhood obesity. Christine also produces health features for Ivanhoe Broadcast News which serves over two hundred stations across the country. She received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and her master's from Duke University.

Susanna Morgan, PhD
Psychologist and breast cancer survivor

Dr. Susan Morgan is a proud mother of three grown daughters and grandmother of four. Her career was that of a psychologist dealing primarily with adolescents and some adjunct teaching at the University of Rochester. Dr. Morgan graduated from Smith College where she received her M.A. and received her PhD in psychology from Syracuse University. She has had breast cancer three times and is now healthy, active, and planning to enjoy the years to come with her family.

Jennifer Griggs, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program
University Of Rochester Medical Center

Dr. Griggs is Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology at the University of Rochester and Medical Director of the Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. She received her undergraduate degree at Mount Holyoke College and her MD from SUNY at Buffalo School of Medicine. Her residency and fellowship training was performed at the University of Rochester. She joined the faculty in 1998 and has a practice focused on the care of women with breast cancer. Dr. Griggs conducts research on the quality of breast cancer care and on quality of life after the completion of treatment. Dr. Griggs has won numerous teaching awards and awards for community service.

Patricia A. Ganz, M.D.
Professor, UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Patricia A. Ganz, M.D., a medical oncologist, received her B.A. magna cum laude from Radcliffe College (Harvard University) in 1969 and her M.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1973.  She completed her training in internal medicine and hematology/oncology at UCLA Medical Center from 1973-1978, where she also served as Chief Resident in Medicine.  She has been a member of the faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine since 1978 and the UCLA School of Public Health since 1992.  Since 1993 she has been the Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.  In 1999 she was awarded an American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship for "Enhancing Patient Outcomes across the Cancer Control Continuum." In 2006, she was awarded funding to lead UCLA's Cancer Survivorship Center of Excellence as part of the LIVESTRONG^TM Survivorship Center of Excellence Network.

Dr. Ganz is a pioneer in the assessment of quality of life in cancer patients, and is active in clinical trials research with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP).  She has focused much of her clinical and research efforts in the areas of breast cancer and its prevention, and was a member of the NCI Progress Review Group on Breast Cancer.  At the Jonsson Cancer Center, she directs the UCLA Family Cancer Registry and Genetic Evaluation Program.  Her other major areas of research include cancer survivorship and late effects of cancer treatment, cancer in the elderly, and quality of care for cancer patients.  She is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, and CA-A Journal for Clinicians.  She currently serves on the NCI Board of Scientific Advisors, as well as the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).

Pepper Schwartz, PhD
Professor
University of Washington
 
Pepper Schwartz is presently a Professor at the University of Washington, with an adjunct appointment in Women's Studies and Psychiatry.  She received her B.A. and M.A. (Magna Cum Laude) from Washington University of St. Louis and her Ph.D. from Yale University. She has published 15 books and over 45 academic articles. She has been President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and also of the Pacific Sociological Association. She is a member and fellow of the International Academy of Sex Research and on the board of the National Sexuality Research Center. She is a past board member of SIECUS (Sexuality Information, Education Council of the United States). She has been the recipient of many awards, among them, the American Sociological Association's 2005 award for Public Understanding of Sociology. In addition she has received awards from Mortar Board, Mother's Voices and the International Women's Forum. 

Dr. Schwartz is presently the columnist and relationship expert for Perfectmatch.com and the designer of Duet, their personality profiler and matching system. She is also an expert on Medhealth.com and has worked in the past for Ivillage.com, Classmates.com and Lifetime.com among others.  She lives at Rosebud River Ranch, a horse farm near Seattle, with her two children.