Physician Spokespeople
Joseph A. Vassalotti, MD
Dr. Vassalotti is the National Kidney Foundation's Chief Medical Officer. He also currently serves on the clinical faculty of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Vassalottis oversees the medical operations of NKF’s Kidney Early Evaluation Program, which identifies early chronic kidney disease (CKD) in high risk individuals.
He plays a major role in the development and evaluation of professional education programs and materials produced by NKF’s Kidney Learning System and works closely with NKF’s medical leadership and Scientific Advisory Board on the full range of NKF’s medical programs. He is Co-Principal Investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention demonstration project to identify individuals at high risk for CKD in the United States using state-based screening.
Dr. Vassalotti holds an MD from SUNY Stony Brook. He served his Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Leslie Spry, MD, FACP
Dr. Spry practices consultative nephrology and is the medical director of the Dialysis Center of Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska where he participates in research and innovative projects for the benefit of dialysis patients. His areas of professional interests focus on nephrology, hypertension, dialysis, acute renal failure, kidney stone disease, and chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Spry is an active member of the Public Policy Committee at the National Kidney Foundation, which is dedicated to developing policies on health care issues that affect kidney patients, transplant recipients and organ and tissue donors. Dr. Spry received his medical degree from Washington University and St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri.
