NKF Serving Maryland Local Staff and Board

Sandy Boesenberg
Office Manager
433.322.0373 (direct line)
410.494.8545 x433

Pattie Dash
Executive Director
443.322.0378 (direct line)
410.494.8545 x431
410.961.1644 (c)

Kenya DeLouis
Director, Development
443.322.0377 (direct line)
410.494.8545 x439

Kristy Ferracci
Community Outreach Assistant, Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware
302.344.9674 (c)

Jaclyn Rodriguez
Development Manager
443.322.0374 (direct line)
410.494.8454 x432

Nicole Scharf
Associate Executive Director, Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware
410.494.8546
410.726.8732 (c)

Larry Abramson
President
Strategic Healthcare Advisors

Cozumel Pruette, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Nephrology, Clinical Medical Director

Prayus Tailor, MD
Nephrologist
Nephrology Associates
Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee

Mohamed Ibrahim, MD
Physician/Scientist
Assistant Professor of Transplant Nephology
University of Maryland Medical Center

Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah*, MD
Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology

Tisha Guthrie
NKFMDDE Patient Advocate
Social Worker and Group Fitness & Wellness Professional with LifeBridge
NKFMDDE Advisory Board Patient Advocate

Jon S. Wilkins, Esq.
Managing Director Federal Communications Commission

Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD
Pediatric Nephrologist
Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee

George Kilbourne
Renal Hospital Specialist
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

Kimberly M. Lumpkin’s, MD, FACS, FRCS
University of Maryland Children’s Hospital
Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery & Surgeon-in-Chief of the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital

Greg Miller, MBA, CFA
Past Chairman
Consultant, Board Advisor, Investor

Silke Niederhaus, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center

Nabil Sheikh*
Secretary
OmegaCor Technologies
President

Christopher Simon*, LCSW-C
Chair, Patient & Community Service Committee
Independent Dialysis Foundation-Parkview Social Worker

Swami Swaminathan
Chairman
Chief Information Officer
Reli Group, Inc.

Mike Rolfes
Vice President, Sales
1Rivet

Greg Hoey
Regional Account Leader
AstraZeneca

* denotes Executive Committee Member

Serena M. Bagnasco, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mary T. (Tessie) Behrens, MD
Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA

Tammy M. Brady, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Dr. Eric Brown, MD
Chair, Medical Advisory Board
Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A.

Rochelle Cunningham, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Division of Nephrology

Jennifer Dodson, MD, Ph.D.
Urologist

Justin B. Echouffo Tcheugui, M.D., Ph.D., M.Phil.
Associate Director for Student and Resident Education, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Duvuru Geetha, MD
Medical Director
Peritoneal Dialysis at Davita JB Zachary and Davita White Square
Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Donna Hanes, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Nephrologist
University of Maryland Medical Center

Bernard G. Jaar, MD, MPH
Clinical Director, Division of Nephrology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Edward S. Kraus, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Retired

William Rayfield, II, MD
Physician Medical Chart Review
Chart Analyst, LLC
Independent Contractor for Faircode Associates, LLC

Anna Roh, MS, RD, LDN
Senior Manager, Nutrition Services
Fresenius Kidney Care

Christopher Simon, LCSW
Social Worker
Independent Dialysis Foundation
Parkview Center

Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah, MD,
Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board
Assistant Professor of Medicine – Division of Nephrology
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Sharon Turban, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology

Terry Watnick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Nephrology
Johns Hopkins Polycystic Kidney Disease Research

Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Nephrology
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Jeremy R. Yospin, MD
Meadow Kidney Care

Prayus Tailor, MD
Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
Nephrology Associates, PA
Nephrologist

Joshua Zaritsky
Co-Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
PCMG
Pediatric Nephrologist

John Swanson, MD
Natera
Regional Medical Director
Transplant Surgeon, Retired

Joanne Smith
Fresenius Kidney Care
Kidney Care Advocate

Kelly Morgan, MPH
State of Delaware
Recovery Management Program Director
Office of the Lt. Governor

Jason Rolls
ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant
Transplant Surgeon

Nicole Keller
Otsuka
Health Science Advisor

Sharon Franceschini
ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant
Outreach Coordinator