NKFMDDE Staff
Graham Bryant
Development Coordinator
410.494.8545 x442
317-448-8493 (c)
April Stup
Development Manager
410.494.8545 x431
Jessica Mitko
Development Director
410.494.8545 x230
Nicole Scharf
Senior Program Director
410.494.8545 x 441
410.726.8732 (c)
Lisa Zawacki
Executive Director
410.494.8545 x 434
435.503.0444 (c)
Advisory Board of Directors
Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah*, MD - Interim Chair
Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology
Sam Cosby
Club Road Associates
Rochelle Cunningham, MD
Physician
MidAtlantic Nephrology Associates
Tisha Guthrie
NKFMDDE Patient Advocate
Social Worker and Group Fitness & Wellness Professional with LifeBridge
NKFMDDE Advisory Board Patient Advocate
Donna Hanes, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Nephrologist
University of Maryland Medical Center
Mohamed Ibrahim, MD
Physician/Scientist
Assistant Professor of Transplant Nephology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Silke Niederhaus, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
Cozumel Pruette, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Nephrology, Clinical Medical Director
Hendra Ray
DaVita Kidney Care
Nabil Sheikh*
Secretary
OmegaCor Technologies
President
Prayus Tailor, MD
Nephrologist
Nephrology Associates
Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee
Christopher Simon*, LCSW-C
Chair, Patient & Community Service Committee
Independent Dialysis Foundation-Parkview Social Worker
Swami Swaminathan
Chairman
Chief Information Officer
Reli Group, Inc.
Jon S. Wilkins, Esq.
Managing Director Federal Communications Commission
* denotes Executive Committee Member
Medical Advisory Board
Serena M. Bagnasco, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mary T. (Tessie) Behrens, MD
Physician
Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA
Tammy M. Brady, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Nephrology
Eric Brown, MD
Chair, Medical Advisory Board
Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A.
Deidra Crews, MD, ScM
Physician
Johns Hopkins University
Jennifer Dodson, MD, Ph.D.
Urologist
Johns Hopkins Medicine
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
Mary Cecelia Johnson
DaVita Kidney Care
Cele Johnson
DaVita Kidney Care
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
Nabil Sheikh
OmegaCor Technologies
President
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
Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Nephrology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Jeremy R. Yospin, MD
Physician
Meadow Kidney Care
Delaware Leadership Committee
Sharon Franceschini
ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant
Outreach Coordinator
Nicole Keller
Otsuka
Health Science Advisor
Kelly Morgan, MPH
State of Delaware
Recovery Management Program Director
Office of the Lt. Governor
Jason Rolls
ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant
Transplant Surgeon
Joanne Smith
Fresenius Kidney Care
Kidney Care Advocate
John Swanson, MD
Natera
Regional Medical Director
Transplant Surgeon, Retired
Prayus Tailor, MD
Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
Nephrology Associates, PA
Nephrologist
Joshua Zaritsky
Co-Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
PCMG
Pediatric Nephrologist