Witnesses:
Panel 1:
Dr. Victor Yu
Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Janet Stout
Director, Special Pathogens Laboratory
Dr. David Snydman
Chief, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, and Attending Physician in Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Panel 2:
Dr. Jim Vaught
Deputy Director, Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Dr. Janet K. A. Nicholson
Senior Advisor for Laboratory Science, Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Panel 3:
Michael Moreland
Director, Veterans Integrated Services Network 4, Department of Veterans Affairs
Dr. Mona Melhem
Associate Chief of Staff and Vice President, VAPHS Clinical Support Service Line
Dr. Ali Sonel
VAPHS Associate Chief of Staff (Research)
Dr. Steven Graham
Director, VAPHS Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Centers
Ms. Cheryl Wanzie
VAPHS Chief Technologist
Biobanking: How the Lack of a Coherent Policy Allowed the Veterans Administration to Destroy an Irreplaceable Collection of Legionella Samples