Program

SCM12 Program Committee

Linda Fried, MD
Program Chair
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Pittsburgh, PA
Charmaine Lok, MD
Program Co-Chair
University Health Network-Toronto Hospital Toronto, ON CANADA
Sharon Adler, MD
Internal & Pediatric Resident’s Program Coordinator
UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Laurie Benton, PhD, MPAS, BS, PA-C, RN
Advanced Practitioner Program Co-Chair
Scott & White Hospital
Temple, TX
Kerri Cavanaugh, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Micah R. Chan MD, MPH
UW Hospitals and Clinics
Madison, WI
Fernando Fervenza, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Bina George-Figueroa, MS, CCMEP
Director of Continuing Medical Education
National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY
Debra Gromo, RN, CNN
Nephrology Nurse and Technician Program Chair
FMCNA Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa, CA
Rebecca Hays, MSW, APSW
Social Worker Program Chair
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI
Joachim Ix, MD
University of California at San Diego
San Diego, CA
Aimee Jaremowicz, RD, LDN
Renal & Clinical Dietitian Program Chair
Pentec Health, Inc.
Chicago Ridge, IL
Jessica Joseph, MBA
Director of Professional Membership Programs
National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY
Holly Kramer, MD, MPH
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
Rajnish Mehrotra, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Ann O'Hare, MD
University of Washington
VA/Puget Sound Medical Center
Seattle, WA
Paul Palevsky, MD
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Sewickley, PA
Wendy St. Peter, PharmD
University of Minnesota and United States Renal Data System
Minneapolis, MN
Heidi M. Schaefer, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Laura Schmidt, RN, BSN, CNN, MHR
Nephrology Nurse & Technician Program Co-Chair
Renal Ventures
Los Lunas, NM
Amma Sewaah-Bonsu, DNP, NP-c
Advanced Practitioner Program Chair
Ocoee, FL
John Sperati, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Kristin Stockard, LICSW
Nephrology Social Worker Program Co-Chair
Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Marilyn D. Swartz, RN, MSN
Director of KLS Curriculum
National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY
Harold Szerlip, MD
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Charuhas V. Thakar, MD, FASN
Cincinnati VAMC
Cincinnati OH
Bradley A. Warady, MD
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
Adam Whaley-Connell, DO, MSPH
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
  Ex Officio

Lynda A. Szczech, MD, MSCE, FASN
NKF President
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Joseph Vassalotti, MD
Chief Medical Officer
National Kidney Foundation New York, NY