Fellowship of the National Kidney Foundation Inductees

Congratulations FNKF Inductees!

The FNKF recognizes professionals for their educational activities and community service in promoting the mission of the National Kidney Foundation. Thank you for your service!

Ezzedine Abderrahim, Prof., FNKF 
Sreedhar Adapa, MD, FNKF 
Narothama Reddy Aeddula, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF 
Anil Agrawal, MD, FNKF 
Gautam Agrawal, MD, MPH, FNKF 
Krishna Agarwal MD, FNKF 
Sunil Agrawal, MD, FNKF 
Ayoola Akinbamowo, MD, FNKF 
Alyssa Allen, LISW-CP, FNKF 
Hala Alshayeb, MD, FNKF 
Mohammed Alzubaidi, MD, FNKF 
Ehteshamul Anjum, MD, FNKF 
Fareed Ahmed Arif, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF 
Olurotimi Badero, MD, FNKF 
Rasheed Balogun, MD, FNKF 
Atul Bali, MD, CHS, FASN, FNKF 
Vinod Bansal, MD, FNKF 
Manasi Bapat, MD, FNKF 
Christine Barrett, MS, RD, LD, FNKF 
Nicole Bates, APRN, MSN, CNN, FNKF 
George Bayliss, MD, FNKF 
Leah Beaird, MS, RD, FNKF 
Laurence Beck, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Bryan Becker, MD, FNKF 
Kelly Beers, DO, FNKF 
Mary Behren, MD, FNKF 
Christine Benedetti, RD, FNKF 
Laurie Benton, PA-C, FNKF 
Jeffrey Berns, MD, FNKF 
Melanie Betz, MS, RD, CSR, FAND, FNKF 
Colleen Elizabeth Bewley, RD, LD, FNKF 
Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD, FNKF 
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Subhasish Bose, MD, FNKF 
Gretchen Brandt, MD, FNKF 
Debbie J. Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FNKF 
Betty Brown, LMSW, FNKF 
Robert Brown, MD, FNKF 
Susan E. Brown, MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FNKF 
Wendy Weinstock Brown, MD, MPH, FNKF 
Jennifer Bruns, LMSW, FNKF 
Lauren Budd Levy, MS, RDN, CSR, FNKF 
Jerrilynn Burrowes, PhD, RD, CDN, FNKF 
Laura Byham-Gray, PhD, RD, CDN, FNKF 
Molly Cahill, NP, FNKF 
Katrina Campbell, PhD, FNKF 
Kirk Campbell, MD, FNKF 
Katie Cardone, PharmD, FNKF 
Tanika Carr, RD, LD, CSSGB, FNKF 
Kerri Cavanaugh, MD, FNKF 
Kevin Ceckowski, MSW, LMSW, FNKF 
Maria Chan, PhD, AdvAPD, FNKF 
Wing Lam Winnie Chan, PhD, RD, FNKF 
Jyotin Chandarana, MD, FNKF 
Chandra Kanth Chaturvedula, MD, FNKF 
Daranee Chewaproug, DO, FNKF 
Michael Choi, MD, FNKF 
Tushar Chopra, MD, FNKF 
Barbara Clark, MD, FNKF 
Teresa Close, RN, FNKF 
Carolyn Cochran RDN, LD, MS, CDE 
Danilo Concepcion, CBNT, CCHT, FNKF 
Della Connor PhD, FNP-BC, FNKF 
Matthew Cooper, MD, FNKF 
Christine Corbett, MSN, AP-RN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Deborah Cote, MSN, RN, CNN, NE-BC, FNKF 
Andrew Crannage, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF 
Susan Crowley, MD, MBA, FNKF 
Chantale Daifi, PharmD, FNKF 
Jacques Daoud, MD, FNKF 
Jane Davis, DNP, CRNP, FNKF 
Nikeyia Davis, MBA-HCM, MSN, AGPCNP-C, CNN, FNKF 
Kim Deaver, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF 
Andrea DeKam, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Cynthia Delgado, MD, FNKF 
Maria DeVita, MD, FNKF 
Toni H. DeVane, MS, RDN, CSR, LDN, CNSC, FNKF 
Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF 
Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, MHS, FNKF 
Taylor C. Diaz, BSN, RN, FNKF 
Mohankumar Doraiswamy, MD, FASN                
Quanta Duncan, RDN, FNKF 
Muhammad Ebrahim, MD, FNKF 
Elias John Elenjickal, FNKF 
Praveen Errabelli, MD, FASN, FNKF 
Elizabeth Evans, DNP, FNKF 
Osama El Shamy, MD, FNKF 
Stephen Fadem, MD, FNKF 
Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR, FASN, FNKF 
Catherine Firanek, BSN, MBA, FNKF 
Fernando Hassan Fehmi, MD, FNKF 
Fernando Fervenza, MD, FNKF * 
Catherine Firanek, BSN, MBA, FNKF 
Denis Fouque, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Chester Fox, MD, FNKF 
Linda Fried, MD, FNKF 
Allon Friedman, MD, FASN, FNKF 
Melissa Fry, MSW, FNKF 
Masafumi Fukagawa, MD, FNKF 
Susan Furth, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Lynne Gafford, NP, FNKF 
Pulkit Gandhi, MD, FNKF 
Jorge Garces, MD, FNKF 
Guillermo Garcia Garcia, MD, FNKF 
Arvind K. Garg MD, FNKF 
Joel Glickman, MD, FNKF 
Narender Goel MD, FNKF 
David Goldfarb, MD, FNKF 
Jordi Goldstein-Fuchs, DSc, APRN-C, RD, FNKF 
Janelle Gonyea, RDN, FNKF 
Amit Govil, MD, FNKF 
Karen Greathouse, RD, FNKF 
Erika Green, RDN, FNKF 
Larry Greenbaum, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Raquel Greer, MD, MHS, FNKF 
Murilo Guedes, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Prakash Gudsoorkar, MD, FNKF 
Aditi Gupta, MD, FNKF 
Lisa Gutekunst, MSEd, RD, FNKF 
Kristen Hackey, RD/N, CSR, LD, FNKF 
Danny Haddad, MD, FNKF 
Debra Hain, PhD, APRN, ANP, GNP, FNKF 
Haewook Han, PhD, RD, CSR, LDN, FNKF 
Jeff Harder, MSW, LICSW, FNKF 
Mohamed Hassanein MD, FNKF 
Mary Kay Hensley, RD, FNKF 
Kathleen Hill Gallant PhD, RD, FNKF 
Joanne Hindlet, ACNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Laura Holden, MBA, RD, CSR, FNKF 
Kathy Houle, NP, FNKF 
Jill Danielle Hoyt, FNKF 
Chi-yuan Hsu, MD, FNKF 
Joanna Hudson, PharmD, FNKF 
Talat Ikizler, MD, FNKF 
Dany Issa, MD, FNKF 
Bernard Jaar, MD, MPH, FNKF 
Bertrand Jaber, MD, FNKF 
Khushleen Jaggi, MD, FNKF 
Deepika Jain MD, FNKF 
Golby Jalali, PharmD, FNKF 
Aimee Jaremowicz, RD, FNKF 
Kenar Jhaveri, MD, FNKF 
Ruba A. Jibreen, MS, RD, CSR, MBA, FNKF  
Kirsten Jensen, DNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Elizabeth Jones, MSW, LCSW, FNKF 
Shelba Jones, CHT, MPA, FNKF 
Shivam Joshi, MD, FNKF 
Jaya Kala, MD, FNKF 
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, FNKF 
Kartik Kalra, FNKF 
Lakshmi Kannan FNKF 
Sam Kant, MD, FNKF 
Alison Kaprove, MS, PA-C, CAQ, FNKF 
Ayman Karkar, MD, FNKF 
Hania Kassem, MD, FNKF 
Pranay Kathuria, MD, FNKF 
Pascale Khairallah, MD, FNKF 
Adnan Khan, MD, FNKF 
Paul Kellerman, MD, FNKF 
Judy Kirk, RD, FNKF 
Brandon Kistler, BS, MS, RD, PhD, FNKF 
Jeffrey B. Kopp, MD, FNKF * 
Nelson Kopyt, DO, FNKF 
Abhilash Koratala, MD, FNKF 
Paul Kovach, MD, FNKF 
Holly Kramer, MD, MPH, FNKF 
Marisol Kramer, RD, LDN, FNKF 
Joseph Chin-Chi Kuo, MD, PhD, MPH, FNKF 
Raghuveer Kura, MD, FNKF 
Eduardo Lacson, MD, FNKF 
Matilde E. Ladnier, FNKF 
Nadiya Lakhani, RDN, CSR, LD, FNKF 
Douglas Lanier, MD, FNKF 
Christina Lankhorst, MD, FNKF 
Meredith Larsen, MS, RDN, LD, FNKF 
Kayode Lawrence, MD, FNKF 
Brian Lee, MD, FNKF 
Timmy Lee, MD, MSPH, FNKF 
David Leehey, MD, FNKF 
Edgar Lerma, MD, FNKF 
David Levenson, MD, FNKF 
Andrew Levey, MD, FNKF 
Philip Li, MD, FNKF 
Carol Lim FNKF 
Denise Link, MPAS, PA-C, FNKF 
Michael Lipkowitz, MD, FNKF 
Joshua E. Lowentritt, MD, FASN, FNKF 
Erik Lum, MD, FNKF 
Victoria Lydeen, MS, RDN, LDN, CSR, FNKF  
Adit Mahale, MD, FNKF 
Diane Mahbod MD, FASN, FNKF 
Rachel Majorowicz, RD, FNKF 
Kunal Malhotra, MD, FNKF 
Samir Mallat, MD, FNKF 
Kathleen Mallett, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Sai Sudha Mannemuddhu, MD, FAAP, FASN, FNKF 
Meredith Marinaro, MS, RD, CSR, FNKF 
Mariana Markell, MD, FNKF 
Melinda Martin-Lester, RN, BA, CNN, CHC, FNKF 
Mohit Mathur MD, FNKF 
Jennifer McClain MSW, LSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Kathleen T. McCoy, DNSc, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNKF  
Rita McGill, MD, FNKF 
Iris McDuffie, RDN, FNKF 
Teresa Mclemore, PA-C, FNKF 
Daniel Mead, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, FNKF 
Calvin Meaney, PharmD, FNKF 
Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, FNKF 
Tina Melanson, MD, FNKF 
Kathy Merritt, LCSW, FNKF 
Jill Miller, RD, LDN, FNKF 
Jennifer A. Miller, MSW, LICSW, FNKF 
Neal Mittman, MD, FNKF 
Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH, FNKF 
Ellis Avery Morrow, DCN, MS, RDN, LD, FAND 
Beth Morlang, RD, LD, FNKF 
Tariq Mubin, MD, FNKF 
Bruce Mueller, PharmD, FNKF 
Dorothy Muench, MSW, LCSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Heather Muster MD, FNKF 
Nimish Naik, MD, FNKF 
Devika Nair, MD, MSCI, FNKF 
Mihran Naljayan, MD, FNKF 
Mohanram Narayanan, MD, FNKF 
Khaled Nashar, MD, FNKF 
Julius Sumang Navarro, RDN, CSR, CNSC, LD, FAND, FNKF 
Becky Ness, PA-C, FNKF 
Marianne Neumann, RN, CNN, FNKF 
Susanne Nicholas, MD, MPH, PhD, FNKF 
Allen Nissenson, MD, FNKF 
Vandana Niyyar, MD, FNKF 
Kristen Nonahal, RD, FNKF 
James Novak MD, PhD, FNKF 
Gail P. Nylin, MSW, LICSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Maureen O'Grady-Hamre, LCSW, NSW-C, BCD, FNKF 
Lynn Marie Oehler, ScD, MS, CSR, RD, FNKF 
Paul Olson, MD, FNKF 
Ifeanyi Onor, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF 
Jo Ann Otts, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FNKF 
David Owshalimpur, MD, FNKF 
Rory Pace, MPH, RD, CSR, FAND, FNKF 
Amy Pai, PharmD, FNKF 
Paul Palevsky, MD, FNKF 
Shika Pappoe, MD, FNKF 
Lisa Parnell, MSW, LCSW, FNKF 
Chirag Parikh, MD, FNKF 
Stephen Pastan, MD, FNKF 
Cassandra Parker MS, RD, LD, FNKF 
Niralee Patel, MD, FASN, MEd, FNKF 
Tapan Patel, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF 
Daniel Pattenden, NSW-C, FNKF 
Jessie M. Pavlinac, MS, RDN-AP, CSR, LD, FAND, FNKF 
Adam Pearlman, MD, FNKF 
Mark Perazella, MD, FNKF 
Luis Perez, PhD, RD, FNKF 
Jeffrey Perlmutter, MD, FNKF 
Ronald Perrone, MD, FNKF 
Veronique Champagne Pettitt, RD, CSR, FNKF 
Anitha Philip, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FNKF 
Jessica Phipps, MSW, LSW, FNKF  
Dwayne Pierce, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF  
Tiffena Gail Pierce, DSW, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF  
Beth Piraino, MD, FNKF 
Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, FNKF 
Lynn Poole, FNP-BC, FNKF 
Amy Proctor, RN, MSN, CDN, FNKF 
Robert Provenzano, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF 
Tipu Puri, MD, FNKF 
Fernando Raudales, MD, FNKF 
John Rausch, MD, FNKF 
Forest Rawls, CCHT-A, FNKF 
Snigdha Reddy, MD, FNKF 
Yuvaram Reddy, MBBS, FNKF 
Nathaniel Reisinger MD, FASN, FNKF 
Connie Rhee, MD, FNKF 
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C 
R. Brooks Robey, MD, FNKF 
Rudolph Rodriguez, MD, FNKF 
Helbert Rondon-Berrios, MD, MS, FNKF 
Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE, FNKF 
Raphael Rosen, MD, FNKF 
Baback Roshanravan, MD, MSPH, MS, FNKF 
Elanderia Rowe LMSW-IPR, NSW-C, LSSYB, FNFK 
Michelle Rowlett, MSW, LICSW, FNKF 
Sasmit Roy, MD, FNKF 
Mario Rubin, MD, FNKF 
Jesse Rungkitwattanakul, PharmD, FNKF 
Lawand Saadulla, MD, FNKF 
Sachin Sachdev, MD, FNKF 
Joseph Sala, BSc, ED, CHT. CWS, FNKF 
Charles Schleifer, MD, FNKF 
Michael Schwenk, PharmD, FNKF 
Kelli Scott, LCSW, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Jonathan Segal, MD, FNKF 
Amma Sewaah-Bonsu, DNP, NP-C, FNKF 
Craig Shadur, MD, FNKF 
Tariq Shafi, MBBS, MHS, FNKF 
Ankur Shah, MD, FNKF 
Jignesh Shah, MD, FNKF 
Silvi Shah, MD, MS, FNKF 
Prathap Simhadri, MD, FNKF 
Beth Shanaman, RD, FNKF 
Belinda Shanley, MS, RD, CD-N, FNKF 
Amit Sharma, MD, FNKF 
Jenny Shen, MD, FNKF 
Fuad Shihab, MD, FNKF 
Pallavi Shirsat, MD, FASN, FNKF 
Michael Shlipak, MD, FNKF 
Mawya Shocair, MD, FNKF 
Laurie Shore, MSW, LCSW, FNKF 
Vernon Silva, LCSW, FNKF 
Prathap Simhadri, MD, FNKF 
Matthew Robert Sinclair, MD, FNKF 
Inderjit Singh, MD, FNKF 
Jagmeet Singh, MD, FNKF 
Cynthia Smith, DNP, CNN-NP, FNP-BC, APRN, FNKF 
Leah Foster Smith, MSN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Kimberly Snodgrass, RDN, LD, FAND, FNKF 
Karim Soliman MBBCH, MSC, PhD, FNKF 
Sandeep Soman, MD, FNKF 
Stephen Sozio, MD, FNKF 
Matthew Sparks, MD, FNKF 
John Sperati, MD, FNKF 
Kathleen Speta DNP, FNP-BC, APRN, FNKF 
Stuart Sprague, DO, FNKF 
Leslie Spry, MD, FNKF 
Wendy St. Peter, PharmD, FNKF 
Leonard Stern, MD, FNKF 
Nikki Stevenson FNKF 
Rachel Sturdidvant, MD, FNKF 
Mary Sundell, MLAS, RD, LDN, CCRP, FNKF 
Elizabeth Jessica Sussman- Dabach, PhD, RD, FCRS, FNKF 
Meera Patel Suthar, DNP, FNP-C, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Harold Szerlip, MD, FNKF 
Ekamol Tantisattamo, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF, FAST, FASDIN 
Ahmad Tarakji, MD, FNKF 
Parikshit Thakur Hameer MD, FASN, FNKF 
Ravi  Thimmisetty, MD, FNKF 
Charles Thomas, LCSW, ACSW, FNKF 
Sofia Thomas DNP, MSN, MHA, APRN, NP-C, CPH, FNKF 
June Thompson, FNKF 
Yolanda Thompson-Martin, DNP, RN, ANP-C, FNKF 
Arshdeep Tindni, MD, FNKF 
Avram Traum, MD, FNKF 
Natasha Travis, MD, FNKF 
Mandy Trolinger, PA-C, FNKF 
Dana Trotta, RD, CSR, LDN, FNKF 
Delphine Tuot, MDCM, MAS, FNKF 
Lara Tushla, LCSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FNKF 
Nori Uday, MD, FNKF 
Ebele Mary-Anne Umeukeje, MD, MPH, FNKF 
Summer Van Arsdale RD, CSR, CCTD, LD, FNKF 
Joseph Vassalotti, MD, FNKF 
Judith Veis, MD, FNKF 
Juan Carlos Q. Velez MD, FNKF 
Karthikeyan Venkatachalam, MD, FNKF 
Paul Volek, FNKF 
Sana Waheed, MD, FNKF 
Bradley Warady, MD, FNKF 
Marc L. Weber, MD, FNKF 
Daniel Weiner, MD, FNKF 
Steven Weisbord, MD, FNKF 
Miriam Weiss, MD, FNKF 
Catherine Wells, DNP, ACNP, CNN-NP, FNKF 
Adam Whaley-Connell, DO, FNKF 
David Wheeler, MD, FNKF 
Karen Wiesen, RD, LDN, FNKF 
Katy Wilkens, RD, FNKF 
Christine Ann Williamitis, PhD, DNP, APRN, PMHNP, ACNP, FNP, FNKF 
William A. Wilmer, MD, FNKF 
Susan P. Y Wong, FNKF 
Anju Yadav, MD, FASN, FNKF 
Jerry Yee, MD, FNKF 
Bessie Young MD, MPH, FNKF 
Sharon Zalemski, MS, RD, CDN, CSR, FNKF 
Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Jessica Zeman, APSW, NSW-C, FNKF 
Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FNKF 
Kim Zuber, PA-C, FNKF 
Michelle Zubrycki, ACNP, FNKF 

To learn more about induction into the FNKF, click here.