Special thank you to all the dedicated professionals who contributed to the formation of our program for the 2026 Spring Clinical Meetings.
Program Committee
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
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
Surveen K. Klein, LCSW-BACS, MPH
Adult and Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant SW Supervisor
(Adult Heart, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Pancreas & Pediatric Heart, Liver)
Ochsner Health
New Orleans, Louisiana
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