Maiya Slusser-Hogan, MS, RDN, CNSC
Director, Research and Education, Patient Care America
The Susan C. Knapp Award is designed to recognize an individual who is passionate about teaching renal nutrition to dietitians, health professionals, dietetic interns, and the community. This award represents excellence in education.
Maiya Slusser-Hogan, MS, RD, CNSC, has spent her career making complicated science make sense to the people who need it most. As Director of Research and Education at Patient Care America, she built and leads a continuing education program of 20+ courses reaching dietitians and nurses nationwide, and brings the same approach to original research, serving as lead author on a peer-reviewed study published in Kidney360 and presenting her work at ASN Kidney Week and NKF's Spring Clinical Meetings.
Before moving into renal nutrition education, Maiya built a clinical foundation working directly with patients navigating renal transplant, pediatric and long-term acute care, and traumatic spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation, followed by a role in telehealth coaching, where she focused on turning personal health data into real, lasting behavior change.
Maiya earned her Master's in Health and Human Performance in 2010 and became a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician in 2014. She's a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, and helping people understand and act on their health is the work she cares about most.
