Joining Jim to speak from the medical perspective was Dr. Michelle Cretella, executive director of the American College of Pediatricians and a pediatrician with a special interest in behavioral pediatrics. She serves on the Medical Committee of the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity and has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Research and Therapy for Homosexuality. She received her medical degree in 1994 from the University Of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed an internship and residency in pediatrics in 1997 at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford.