EPC Project Committees

Adult Immunization Project Steering Committee

Chair

  • Rebecca Schmidt DO, FASN West Virginia University

Members

  • Shuchi Anand MD, MS Stanford University
  • Marshia Coe RN Salem Kidney Center of Wake Forest University
  • Linda Hope The Rogosin Institute
  • Junichi Ishigami MD, MPH Johns Hopkins University
  • Alan S. Kliger MD Yale University
  • Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado MD Stanford University
  • Harold Manley PharmD Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
  • Liz McNamara MN, RN Northwest Kidney Centers
  • Jeffrey Silberzweig MD, FASN The Rogosin Institute

Staff Liaison

  • Shane Perry American Society of Nephrology

AKINow Advisory Committee

Chair

  • Samir M. Parikh MD, FASN University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Members

  • Anupam Agarwal MD, FASN University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Erin F. Barreto PharmD, MS, FASN Mayo Clinic
  • Jorge Cerda MD, MS, FASN Albany Medical College
  • Staurt Goldstein MD, FASN Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
  • Kathleen D. Liu MD, PhD, FASN University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
  • Jay L. Koyner MD University of Chicago
  • Marla Levy Subject Matter Expert
  • Sherry Mansour MD, MS Yale School of Medicine
  • Javier A. Neyra MD, MS, FASN University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Mark D. Okusa MD, FASN University of Virginia
  • Laura Onuchic MD Yale University
  • Marlies D. Ostermann MD, PhD King’s College London
  • Anitha Vijayan MD. FASN Washington University in St. Louis

Staff Liaison

  • Bonnie Freshly MEd, CMP American Society of Nephrology

COVID-19 and other Emerging Threats (C-ET) Steering Committee

Chair

  • Jeffrey Silberzweig MD, FASN The Rogosin Institute
  • Elizabeth McNamara MN, RN Northwest Kidney Center

Members

  • Ibironke (Ronke) Apata MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Kristina Bryant MD University of Louisville Physicians Novak Center for Children’s Health
  • Danilo (Dani) Concepcion CBNT, CCHT-A, FNKF St. Joseph Hospital
  • Debbie Cote MSN, RN, CNN, NE-BC Gaia Software
  • Daniel Cukor PhD The Rogosin Institute
  • Danica Gomes MD, MSc Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Michael Heung MD, MS, FASN University of Michigan
  • Jay Koyner MD University of Chicago
  • Vineeta Kumar MD University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Nicolae Leca MD, FASN University of Washington
  • Kathleen Liu MD, PhD, FASN University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
  • John McAteer DO, MPH Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Pediatric Nephrology
  • Raj Munshi MD Seattle Children’s
  • Sumit Mohan MD, MPH, FASN Columbia University
  • Alicia Neu MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Paul Palevsky MD, FASN University of Pittsburgh/VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
  • Jeffrey Perl MD St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Glenda Roberts Kidney Research Institute at the University of Washington
  • Deidre Sawinski MD Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Matthew Sinclair MD Duke University School of Medicine
  • Felicia Speed LMSW Fresenius Medical Care
  • Sarah Twichell MD, MPH University of Vermont
  • Anitha Vijayan MD, FASN Washington University in St. Louis
  • Daniel Weiner MD, MS, FASN Tufts Medical Center
  • Nancy Welder RN DaVita Dialysis
  • Sylvia Wu MD New York Presbyterian

  • Joseph Kessler MSN, RN, CPDN American Society of Nephrology

Diabetic Kidney Disease Collaborative (DKD-C) Steering Committee

Chair

  • Katherine R. Tuttle MD, FASN Providence Health Care

Members

  • Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN University of New Mexico
  • Frank C. Brosius III MD University of Arizona
  • David Cherney PhD, MD Toronto General Hospital
  • Patrick O. Gee, Sr. PhD Subject Matter Expert
  • Raymond C. Harris MD, FASN Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Alan S. Kliger MD Yale University
  • Amy Mottl MD, MPH, FASN University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Susan E. Quaggin MD, FASN Northwestern University

Staff Liaison

  • Bonnie Freshly MEd, CMP American Society of Nephrology

Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI) Committee

Chair

  • Nicole Lurie MD, MSPH The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
  • Jeffrey I. Silberzweig MD The Rogosin Institute

Staff Liaison

  • Darlene Rodgers CNN, RN, CPHQ American Society of Nephrology

Human Factors Steering Committee

Chair

  • Renee Garrick MD, FACP, FASN Westchester Medical Center

Members

  • Stephanie Booth HCA, CCHT, CIC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Kristina Bryant MD University of Louisville Physicians Novak Center for Children’s Health
  • Danilo (Dani) B. Concepcion CBNT, CCHT-A, FNKF St. Joseph Hospital
  • Debbie Cote MSN, RN, CNN, NE-BC Gaia Software, LLC.
  • Raghu (Rags) Durvasula MD, MHA Puget Sound Kidney Centers
  • Nicole Gualandi MS/MPH, RN, CIC, FAPIC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sarah Parker PhD Virginia Tech
  • Cecilia Santana Patient Advocate – Rogosin Institute
  • Jeffrey I. Silberzweig MD, FASN The Rogosin Institute
  • Jennifer Spies RN Children’s Mercy
  • Nicoles S. Stankus MD, MSc, FASN University of Chicago
  • Cathie Wahlin RN Altru Health System
  • Bradley A. Warady MD Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics

Staff Liaison

  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN American Society of Nephrology

Quality Assessment, Improvement, & Education (QAIE) Steering Committee

Chair

  • Sana Waheed MD, FASN Piedmont Nephrology and Internal Medicine

Members

  • Virginia (Ginnie) Asp MPH, RN Altru Health System
  • Kristina Bryant MD University of Louisville Physicians Novak Center for Children’s Health
  • Tuschar Chopra MD, FASN UVA Division of Nephrology
  • Danilo (Dani) Concepcion CBNT, CCHT-A, FNKF St. Joseph Hospital
  • Renee Garrick MD, FACP, FASN Westchester Medical Center
  • Nicole Gualandi MS/MPH, RN, CIC, FAPIC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Marie Philipneri MD, PhD Saint Louis University School of Medicine
  • Brian S. Rha MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Quinetta Taylor BCPA Subject Matter Expert
  • Bradley A. Warady MD Children’s Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
  • Leslie P. Wong MD, MBA, FASN Intermountain Healthcare

Staff Liaison

  • Bonnie L. Freshly MEd, CMP American Society of Nephrology

Vascular Access Workgroup

Chair

  • Kenneth D. Abreo MD Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Section of Nephrology and Hypertension

Members

  • Ana (Cecilia) Bardossy MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Stephanie Booth BSHCA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Virginia (Ginnie) Bren Asp MPH, RN Altru Health System
  • Orly F. Kohn MD University of Chicago Medicine
  • Vandana D. Niyyar MD, FASN, FNKF, FASDIN Emory University
  • Brian S. Rha MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Larry A. Scher MD Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Staff Liaison

  • Kerry Leigh RN American Society of Nephrology