NTDS Project Committees

Current & Emerging Threats (C-ET) Steering Committee

Chair

  • Jeffrey Silberzweig MD, FASN The Rogosin Institute

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 Diality, Inc.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sarah Twichell MD, MPH University of Vermont
  • Anitha Vijayan MD, FASN Intermountain Healthcare
  • Daniel Weiner MD, MS, FASN (ASN Council Liaison) Tufts Medical Center
  • Nancy Welder RN DaVita Dialysis
  • Sylvia Wu MD New York Presbyterian

Intern

  • Stephanie Pavlovich MD, PhD UNC Hospitals

Staff Project Managers

  • Joseph Kessler MSN, RN, CPDN ASN Alliance for Kidney Health
  • Liz McNamara MS, RN ASN Alliance for Kidney Health

Home Dialysis Steering Committee

Chair

  • Edward Gould MD, FASN Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Jeffrey Perl MD St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto

Members

  • Ibironke (Ronke) Apata MD Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Shweta Bansal MBBS, MD, FASN University of Texas Health at San Antonio
  • Jeffrey S. Berns MD, FASN University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Stephanie Booth CIC, MPH Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Kristina Bryant MD University of Louisville Physicians Novak Center for Children’s Health
  • Christopher Chan MD Toronto General Hospital
  • Nicole Gualandi MS/MPH, RN, CIC, FAPIC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Janice P. Lea MD, MS, FASN Emory University
  • Yuvaram Reddy MBBS, MPH, FASN University of Pennsylvania
  • Anjali B. Saxena MD, FASN Stanford University School of Medicine
  • James F. Simon MD, FASN Cleveland Clinic
  • Eric L. Wallace MD, FASN University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Suzanne Watnick MD, FASN Northwest Kidney Centers, University of Washington

Staff Liaisons

  • Ryan Murray American Society of Nephrology
  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN American Society of Nephrology
  • Molly Rubin American Society of Nephrology

TDAT Steering Committee

Chair

  • Vandana Dua Niyyar MD, FASN Emory University

Members

  • Gerald A. Beathard MD, PhD, FASN University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Kristina Bryant MD University of Louisville Physicians Novak Center for Children’s Health
  • Cynthia Delgado MD, FASN Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Vanessa Evans Patient Advocate; Fresenius Kidney Care
  • Nichole M. Jefferson National Kidney Foundation
  • Gordon McLennan MD University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FASN (ASN Council Liaison) University of North Carolina
  • Matthew Sparks MD Duke University

Staff Project Managers

  • Joseph Kessler MSN, RN, CPDN ASN Alliance for Kidney Health
  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN ASN Alliance for Kidney Health
  • David White ASN Alliance for Kidney Health