Special thank you to all the dedicated professionals who contributed to the formation of our program for the 2025 Spring Clinical Meetings.
Program Committee
Physician Program Planning Committee
Program Chair
Sankar Dass Navaneethan, MD, MS, MPH
Garabed Eknoyan MD Endowed Professor in Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, TX
Program Co-Chair
Julie Scialla, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
Glomerular Diseases
Isabelle Ayoub MD, MPH, FASN
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Director, Nephrology Clinical Trials Unit
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio
Patient Representative
Mary Baliker, BS
Healthcare Consultant
Baliker Healthcare
Middleton, WI
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
Dialysis
Cynthia Delgado, MD
Associate Chief of Nephrology – Clinical Operations
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco VA Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Hypertension
Paul Drawz, MD, MHS, MS
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Transplant
Samira S. Farouk, MD, MSCR, FASN, FACP, FNKF
Associate Professor of Medicine & Medical Education
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
Electrolytes/Acid Base
Melanie Hoenig, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
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
AKI/Critical Care
Dennis Moledina, MD, PhD, FASN
Assistant Professor
Director, Kidney BioBank
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Patient Engagement
Tessa Novick, MD, MSW, MHS
Assistant Professor
University at Texas at Austin
Dell Medical School
Austin, TX
Public Health/Disparities
Tanjala Purnell, PhD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Palliative Care
Fahad Saeed, MBBS, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Divisions of Nephrology and Palliative Care
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Onconephrology
Meghan Sise, MD
Director of Onconephrology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Fellows & Residents Activities
Matthew A. Sparks, MD
Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Lead, Society for Early Education Scholars (SEEDS) Program, Department of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
Health Policy
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD, MBA, MAS
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY
Fellow Representative
Wendy Ye, MD, MSc, FRCPC
PGY6 Home Dialysis Fellow
University of Toronto, University Health Network, St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Lisa Hall, MSSW, LICSW
Patient Services Director
Comagine Health ESRD Network 16
Seattle, WA
Program Co-Chair
Renee Bova-Collis, MSW, LCSW
Patient Services Director
Quality Insights ESRD Network 5
Hanover, VA
Kristen Fischer, MSW, LMSW, NSW-C
CE Review Chair
Transplant Social Worker
Sanford Health System
Fargo, ND
Kathy Merritt, LCSW, FNKF
Social Work Services Manager
Satellite Healthcare
San Jose, CA
Jennifer Miller, MSW, LICSW
Social Worker
Abbott Northwestern Hospital
Minneapolis, MN
Michelle Monk, MSW, RYT 200
Dialysis UVA Health System
Clinical Social Work Coordinator
Kidney Center Administration
Crimora, VA
Sloane Mosley, MSW, LCSWA
Post transplant Social Worker
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-Salem, NC
Michelle Rowlett, MSW, LICSW
Social Work Supervisor/CKD Program Lead – Social Services
Puget Sound Kidney Centers
Seattle, WA
Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians Planning Committee
Program Chair
Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, CNN
Education Coordinator
University of Missouri Department of Medicine
Columbia, MO
Program Co-Chair
Jennifer L. Jungemann, BSN
Dialysis Director
Huron Regional Medical Center
Huron, SD
Danilo B. Concepcion, CBNT, CCHT-A, FNKF
Operations Manager, Renal Services
Providence St. Joseph Hospital
Orange, CA
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
Tanya Scott, MSN, RN, CNN, VA-BC
Director of Patient Care, Nephrology Services
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston, TX
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, FAND
Founder & CEO, The Kidney Dietitian
Chicago, IL
Lauren Budd Levy, MS, RDN, CSR
Renal Dietitian / Owner
Happy Health Nutrition LLC
Summit, NJ
Christina Nelms, MS, RDN, LMNT
Pediatric Renal Nutrition Consultant and Educator
PedsFeeds LLC
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Kearney, NE
Lynn Oehler, ScD, MS, RD, CSR
Nutrition Services Manager
Satellite Health
Milpitas, CA
Cassandra Parker, MS, RD, LD, FNKF
Regional Lead Dietitian
Innovative Renal Care
DeSoto, TX
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
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C, FNKF, AANP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Nursing
New Orleans, LA
Program Co-Chair
Alison Kaprove, MS, PA-C
Certified Nephrology Specialist
Tufts Medical Center, Division of Nephrology
Boston, MA
Amy K Mosman, MMS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
SLUCare Division of Nephrology
St Louis, MO
Belbina Pereira, AGNP-C, CNN-NP
Nephrology Nurse Practitioner
NYU Langone
New York, NY
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
Meera P. Suthar, DNP, FNP-C, CNN-NP
Nurse Practitioner, Columbia Nephrology Associates, PA
DNP Candidate, Duke University School of Nursing
West Columbia, SC