Alla ShapiroDr. Alla Shapiro is a Medical Officer at the Office of Counterterrorism and Emergency Coordination at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Her background is in pediatric hematology and oncology. After her experiences as a doctor who was a first resonder to the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident and after years of professional and personal discrimination as a Jewish citizen of the Soviet Union, She and her family emigrated to the United States in the late 1980s. When her medical degree was not recognized by U.S. Authorities, she enrolled in Georgetown University School of Medicine and the interned at Georgetown University Hospital. She became one of the leading medical experts in the world on the effects and treatment of radiation. She has never forgotten her experiences at Chernobyl. Read More Read Less