Program Committee

Special thank you to all the dedicated professionals who contributed to the formation of our program for the 2026 Spring Clinical Meetings.

SCM26 New Orleans, May 6-10 2026

Physician Program Planning Committee

Program Chair

Julia Scialla, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
 

Program Co-Chair

Jeffrey H. William, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Patient Representative

Mary Baliker, BS

Healthcare Consultant
Baliker Healthcare
Middleton, WI

General Nephrology/Innovations

Nisha Bansal MD, MAS

Professor, Division of Nephrology
University of Washington 
Seattle, WA

Fellows & Residents Activities

Kelly Beers, DO, MS

Associate Professor
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

Diabetic Kidney Disease

Alex Chang, MD, MS

Associate Professor
Departments of Nephrology and Population Health Sciences
Geisinger Health
Danville, PA

Clinical Pharmacy

Chantale Daifi, PharmD, FNKF

Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Hypertension

Paul Drawz, MD, MHS, MS

Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Electrolytes/Acid Base

Keiko Greenberg, MD

Fellowship Program Director
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital – Division of Nephrology
Washington, DC

Transplant

Syed Ali Husain, MD, MPH, MA

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY

Vascular Access/Interventional Nephrology

Sean Kalloo, MD, MBA, FASDIN

Associate Professor of Medicine (in Radiology) 
Columbia University Irving Medical Center 
New York, NY

CKD-MDB

Jessica Kendrick, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO

Home Dialysis

Claretha Lyas, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Glomerular Disease

Dana Rizk, MD

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology Division 
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Public Health/Disparities

Tanjala Purnell, PhD

Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Onconephrology

Meghan Sise, MD

Director of Onconephrology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

AKI/Critical Care

Edward Siew, MD, MSCI

Professor of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tennessee Valley Health Systems, Nashville Veterans Affairs
Nashville, TN

General Nephrology/Innovations

Delphine S. Tuot, MDCM, MAS

Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Fellow Representative

Lucas Schmitz, MD

Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Chief Medical Officer/ Clinical Professor

Joseph Vassalotti, MD, FNKF

National Kidney Foundation
New York, NY

NKF President Elect

Kirk Campbell

Irene and Dr, Arthur F. Feinberg Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital in the Icahn School of Medicine
New York, NY

Council of Nephrology Social Workers Planning Committee

Program Chair

Renee Bova-Collis, MSW, LCSW

Patient Services Director
Quality Insights ESRD Network 5
Hanover, VA 

Program Co-Chair

Michelle Rowlett, MSW, LICSW

Social Work Supervisor/CKD Program Lead – Social Services
Puget Sound Kidney Centers
Seattle, WA

Jennifer Cara English, MSW, LCSW, ACM-SW, CCTSW

Abdominal Transplant Clinical Social Worker 
Your Transplant Coach LLC & Banner University Medical Center Tucson
Tucson, AZ

Michelle Monk, MSW, RYT 200

Dialysis UVA Health System 
Clinical Social Work Coordinator 
Kidney Center Administration
Crimora, VA

Andrea Moore, LMSW

Healthy Community Specialist 
Quality Insights 
Richmond, VA

Elanderia Rowe, LCSW, LSSYB, FNKF, NSW-C

Multi Divisional Lead Social Worker 
Davita Kidney Care 
Dallas, TX 

Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians Planning Committee

Program Chair

Jennifer L. Jungemann, BSN

Dialysis Director
Huron Regional Medical Center
Huron, SD

Program Co-Chair

Joanna Lee Neumann, RN CNN

Senior Director - Quality | Clinical Services
Satellite Healthcare, Inc. 
Milpitas, CA

Danilo B. Concepcion, CBNT, CCHT-A, FNKF

Operations Manager, Renal Services
Providence St. Joseph Hospital
Orange, CA 

Carri Ekberg, MS, BSN, RN, CNN

Education Manager, Kidney Services
Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, UT

Alice Hellebrand DNP, MSN, RN, CNN

Chief Nursing Officer, Senior VP Education
Dialyze Direct
Paramus, NJ

Cynthia Russell Lippincott, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor
University of Missouri in Kansas City 
New London, MO 

Council on Renal Nutrition Planning Committee

Program Chair

Janelle Gonyea, RDN, LD, FNKF

Renal Dietitian/Consultant
Rochester, MN

Program Co-Chair

Rachael Majorowicz, RDN, CSR, LD, FNKF

Renal Dietitian
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Melanie Betz MS, RD, CSR, LDN, FNKF, FAND

Founder & CEO, The Kidney Dietitian
Chicago, IL

Lauren Budd Levy, MS, RDN, CSR, FNKF

Renal Dietitian / Owner
Happy Health Nutrition LLC
Summit, NJ

Kathy Schiro Harvey, MS, RD

Renal Dietitian/Consultant
Mountlake Terrace, WA

Judy Kirk, MS, RDN, CDN, FNKF

Nephrology Dietitian (per diem)
Rochester Regional Health
Rochester, NY

Lynn Oehler, ScD, MS, RD, CSR

Nutrition Services Manager 
Milpitas, CA 

Summer Van Arsdale, RD, CSR, CCTD, LD

The Kidney Nutrition Coach, LLC
Renal Dietitian
Worthington, OH

Council of Advanced Practice Providers Planning Committee

Program Chair

Alison Kaprove, MS, PA-C, FNKF

Certified Nephrology Specialist
Tufts Medical Center, Division of Nephrology
Boston, MA 

Program Co-Chair

Nicole McCormick, DNP, MBA, NP-C

Transplant Nephrology Nurse Practitioner
AdventHealth - Porter Transplant Institute
Denver, CO

Ann Hinckley MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Assistant Program Director - Nephrology Fellowship, UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate 
Kidney Care and Transplant Services of New England
West Springfield, MA

Belbina Pereira, AGNP-C, CNN-NP

Nephrology Nurse Practitioner
NYU Langone
New York, NY

Diane Rybacki, MSN, ACNP-BC

Nephrology Nurse Practitioner
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (VA)
Nashville, TN

Marlene Shaw-Gallagher, MS, PA-C, PhDc

Associate Professor, PA Program
Director of Clinical Education
University of Detroit Mercy
College of Health Professions
Detroit, MI