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!

Khaled Abdel-Kader, MD, FNKF  
Ezzedine Abderrahim, Prof., FNKF  
Konstantin Abramov, MD, FNKF  
Sreedhar Adapa, MD, FNKF  
Narothama Reddy Aeddula, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF  
Alok Agarwal, MD, FNKF  
Anil Agrawal, MD, FNKF  
Krishna Agarwal MD, FNKF  
Sunil Agrawal, MD, FNKF  
Ayoola Akinbamowo, MD, FNKF  
Manju Alex, MD, FNKF  
Fadel Al-Rowaie, MD, FNKF  
Hala Alshayeb, MD, FNKF  
Mohammed Alzubaidi, MD, FNKF  
Sanjeev Anand, MD, FNKF  
Ehteshamul Anjum, MD, FNKF  
Pavan Annamaraju, MD, FASN, FNKF  
Fareed Ahmed Arif, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF  
Carolyn Atkins, BS, RN, CCTC, 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  
Gavin Becker, MD, FNKF  
Marie Becker, MS, RD, LDN, FNKF  
Kelly Beers, DO, FNKF  
Mary Behren, MD, FNKF  
Christine Benedetti, RD, FNKF  
Laurie Benton, PA-C, FNKF  
Jeffrey Berns, MD, FNKF  
Colleen Elizabeth Bewley, RD, LD, FNKF  
Zeenat Bhat, MD, FNKF  
Jasvinder Bhatia, MD, FNKF  
Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD, FNKF  
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD, FNKF  
Subhasish Bose, MD, FNKF  
Rebecca Boyle, PA, FNKF  
Gretchen Brandt, MD, FNKF  
Betty Brown, LMSW, FNKF  
Christopher Brown, MD, FNKF  
Robert Brown, MD, FNKF  
Wendy Weinstock Brown, MD, MPH, FNKF  
Jennifer Brouwer, RN, CNN, FNKF  
Jennifer Bruns, LMSW, FNKF  
Kevin Burns, Sr., CBHT, CHT, FNKF  
Jerrilynn Burrowes, PhD, RD, CDN, FNKF  
Laura Byham-Gray, PhD, RD, CDN, FNKF  
Molly Cahill, NP, FNKF  
Katrina Campbell, PhD, FNKF  
Katie Cardone, PharmD, FNKF  
Laurence Carroll, MD, FNKF  
Kerri Cavanaugh, MD, FNKF  
Kevin Ceckowski, MSW, LMSW, FNKF  
Maria Chan, PhD, AdvAPD, FNKF  
Micah Chan, MD, FNKF  
Wing Lam Winnie Chan, PhD, RD, FNKF  
Jyotin Chandarana, MD, FNKF  
Tara Chang, MD, 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  
Robert Cohen, MD, FNKF  
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  
Mahesh Dangal, MD, 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  
Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF  
Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, MHS, FNKF  
Darlene Dobkowski, PA-C, RN, FNKF  
Muhammad Ebrahim, MD, FNKF  
Elizabeth Evans, DNP, FNKF  
Stephen Fadem, MD, FNKF  
Catherine Firanek, BSN, MBA, FNKF  
Fernando Hassan Fehmi, MD, FNKF  
Fernando Fervenza, MD, FNKF  
Jeffrey Fink, MD, FNKF  
Catherine Firanek, BSN, MBA, FNKF  
Steven Fishbane, MD, FNKF  
Denis Fouque, MD, PhD, FNKF  
Chester Fox, MD, FNKF  
George Francos, 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  
Kumar Gaurav, MD, FNKF  
Charles George, MD, FNKF  
Deb Gipson, MD, FNKF  
Joel Glickman, MD, FNKF  
Narender Goel MD, FNKF  
Catherine Goeddeke-Merickel, MS, RD, LD, FNKF  
David Goldfarb, MD, FNKF  
Stuart Goldstein, MD, FNKF  
Jordi Goldstein-Fuchs, DSc, APRN-C, RD, FNKF  
Janelle Gonyea, RDN, FNKF  
Amit Govil, MD, FNKF  
Karen Greathouse, RD, FNKF  
Larry Greenbaum, MD, PhD, FNKF  
Raquel Greer, MD, MHS, FNKF  
Prakash Gudsoorkar, MD, FNKF  
Aditi Gupta, MD, FNKF  
Arti 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  
Ramy Hanna, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF  
Jeff Harder, MSW, LICSW, FNKF  
Mohamed Hassanein MD, FNKF  
Azzour Hazzan, MD, FNKF  
Lisa Hedin, RN, BSN, 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  
Susie Hu, MD, FNKF  
Joanna Hudson, PharmD, FNKF  
Jason Huff, RN, FNKF  
Talat Ikizler, MD, FNKF  
Kunitoshi Iseki, MD, FNKF  
Dany Issa, MD, FNKF  
Bernard Jaar, MD, MPH, FNKF  
Bertrand Jaber, MD, FNKF  
Deepika Jain MD, FNKF  
Golby Jalali, PharmD, FNKF  
Aimee Jaremowicz, RD, FNKF  
Kenar Jhaveri, MD, FNKF  
Kirsten Jensen, DNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF  
Elizabeth Jones, MSW, LCSW, FNKF  
Shelba Jones, CHT, MPA, FNKF  
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, FNKF  
Kartik Kalra, FNKF  
Sam Kant, MD, FNKF  
Ayman Karkar, MD, FNKF  
Federick Kaskel, MD, PhD, 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 Kopp, MD, FNKF  
Joel Kopple, MD, FNKF  
Nelson Kopyt, DO, FNKF  
Holly Kramer, MD, MPH, FNKF  
Raghuveer Kura, 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  
Charmaine Lok, MD, FNKF  
Erik Lum, MD, 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  
Meredith Marinaro, MS, RD, CSR, FNKF  
Mariana Markell, MD, FNKF  
Melinda Martin-Lester, RN, BA, CNN, CHC, FNKF  
Nancy Mason, PharmD, FNKF  
Jennifer McClain MSW, LSW, NSW-C, FNKF  
Rita McGill, MD, FNKF  
Iris McDuffie, RDN, FNKF  
Teresa Mclemore, PA-C, FNKF  
Daniel Mead, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, FNKF  
Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, FNKF  
Tina Melanson, MD, FNKF  
Kathy Merritt, LCSW, FNKF  
Sergio Mezzano, MD, FNKF  
Jill Miller, RD, LDN, FNKF  
Jennifer A. Miller, MSW, LICSW, FNKF  
Neal Mittman, MD, 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  
Deepak Nandikanti, MD,FNKF  
Khaled Nashar, MD, 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  
Uday Nori MD, FNKF  
James Novak MD, PhD, FNKF  
Maureen O'Grady-Hamre, LCSW, NSW-C, BCD, FNKF  
Paul Olson, MD, FNKF  
Ifeanyi Onor, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF  
Jo Ann Otts, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FNKF  
David Owshalimpur, MD, 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  
Krunal Patel, MD, FNKF  
Tapan Patel, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF  
Jessie M. Pavlinac, MS, RDN-AP, CSR, LD, FAND, FNKF  
Adam Pearlman, MD, FNKF  
Mark Perazella, MD, FNKF  
Jeffrey Perlmutter, MD, FNKF  
Ronald Perrone, MD, FNKF  
Dwayne Pierce, PharmD, BS Pharm, FNKF  
Tiffena Gail Pierce, DSW, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF  
Kashif Piracha, MD, FNKF  
Beth Piraino, MD, FNKF  
Jessica Phipps, MSW, LSW, FNKF  
Lynn Poole FNP-BC, FNKF  
Robert Provenzano, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF  
Tipu Puri, MD, FNKF  
Rupesh Raina, MD, FNKF  
Arun Rajasekaran MD, FNKF  
Kalani Raphael, MD, FNKF  
Fernando Raudales, MD, FNKF  
John Rausch, MD, FNKF  
Forest Rawls, CCHT, CHT, FNKF  
Snigdha Reddy, MD, FNKF  
Yuvaram Reddy, MBBS, FNKF  
Nathaniel Reisinger MD, FASN, FNKF  
Connie Rhee, MD, FNKF  
Brenda Rickards, CHT, CCHT-A, FNKF  
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C  
R. Brooks Robey, MD, FNKF  
Rudolph Rodriguez, MD, FNKF  
Helbert Rondon-Berrios, MD, ,MS, FNKF  
Raphael Rosen, MD, FNKF  
Baback Roshanravan, MD, MSPH, MS, FNKF  
Elanderia Rowe LMSW-IPR, NSW-C, LSSYB, FNFK  
Mario Rubin, MD, FNKF  
Jesse Rungkitwattanakul, PharmD, FNKF  
Lawand Saadulla, MD, FNKF  
Sachin Sachdev, MD, FNKF  
David Salant, MD, FNKF  
Heidi Schaefer, MD, FNKF  
Charles Schleifer, MD, FNKF  
Michael Schwenk, PharmD, FNKF  
Kelli Scott, LCSW, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF  
Jonathan Segal, MD, FNKF  
Harry Senekjian, 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  
Beth Shanaman, RD, FNKF  
Belinda Shanley, MS, RD, CD-N, FNKF  
Amit Sharma, MD, FNKF  
Jenny Shen, MD, FNKF  
Fuad Shihab, MD, FNKF  
Michael Shlipak, MD, FNKF  
Mawya Shocair, MD, FNKF  
Laurie Shore, MSW, LCSW, FNKF  
Vernon Silva, LCSW, FNKF  
James Simon, 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  
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  
Gerald Stephanz, MD, FNKF  
Leonard Stern, MD, FNKF  
Nikki Stevenson FNKF  
Jeffrey Stoff, MD, FNKF  
Rachel Sturdivant, MD, FNKF  
Mary Sundell, MLAS, RD, LDN, CCRP, 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  
Yolanda Thompson-Martin, DNP, RN, ANP-C, FNKF  
Arshdeep Tindni, MD, FNKF  
Avram Traum, 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  
Joseph Vassalotti, MD, FNKF  
Judith Veis, MD, FNKF  
Juan Carlos Q. Velez MD, FNKF  
Paul Volek, FNKF  
John Wang, MD, FNKF  
Bradley Warady, MD, FNKF  
Marc Weber, MD, FNKF  
Daniel Weiner, MD, FNKF  
Barbara Weis Malone, CFNP, FNKF  
Lawrence Weisberg, MD, FNKF  
Steven Weisbord, MD, FNKF  
Miriam Weiss, MD, FNKF  
Robert Weiss, DO, 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  
Laura Willis, MSN, RN-CDN, FNKF  
William A. Wilmer, MD, FNKF  
Susan P. Y Wong, FNKF  
Jerry Yee, MD, FNKF  
Bessie Young MD, MPH, FNKF  
Victor Yu, PhD, RD, MPH, BC-ADM, FNKF  
Melvin Yudis, MD, FNKF  
Sharon Zalemski, MS, RD, CDN, CSR, FNKF  
Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD, FNKF  
Jessica Zeman, APSW, NSW-C, FNKF  
Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FNKF  
Carmine Zoccali, MD, FNKF  
Kim Zuber, PA-C, FNKF  

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