Program

SCM13 Program Committee

Charmaine Lok, MD, MSc, FNKF
Program Chair
University Health Network-Toronto Hospital
Toronto, ON, CANADA

Alfred K. Cheung, MD
Program Co-Chair
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Marie Becker MS, RD, LDN
Renal and Clinical Dietitian Program Chair
Central Orlando Dialysis
Orlando, FL

Laurie Benton, PhD, MPAS, BS, PA-C, RN
Advanced Practitioner Program Co-Chair
Scott & White Hospital
Temple, Texas

David Cherney, MD
University Health Network-Toronto Hospital
Toronto, ON, CANADA

Kristine D'Angelo David, RD
Renal and Clinical Dietitian Program Co-Chair
Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD

Fernando Fervenza, MD, FNKF
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB, CANADA

Holly Kramer, MD, MPH
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL

Timmy Lee, MD, MSPH, FACP, FASN
University of Cincinnati
West Chester, OH

Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA

Charuhas V. Thakar, MD, FASN, FNKF
Cincinnati VAMC
Cincinnati OH

Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, FNKF
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA

Ex Officio

Beth Piraino, MD, FNKF
NKF President
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA

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

Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, FNKF
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA

Michal L. Melamed, MD, MHS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY

Carol Moore, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI

Rulan S. Parekh, MD, FASN
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON, CANADA

Cintia Perez, RN
Saint Joseph Hospital
Orange, CA

Sylvia Rosas, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Heidi M. Schaefer, MD, FNKF
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Laura Schmidt, RN, BSN, CNN, MHR
Nephrology Nurse and Technician Chair
Renal Ventures
Los Lunas, NM

Amma Sewaah-Bonsu, DNP, NP-c
Advanced Practitioners Program Chair
Ocoee, FL

Vernon Silva, LCSW, NSW-C
Nephrology Social Work Co-Chair
Kidney Dialysis Center of West Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Kristin Stockard, MSW LICSW
Nephrology Social Work Chair
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA