Transforming Dialysis Access Together (TDAT) Membership

TDAT Steering Committee

Chair

  • Vandana Dua Niyyar MD, FASN Emory University

Members

  • Gerald A. Beathard MD, PhD, FASN University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Stephanie Booth CIC, MPH Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Kristina Bryant MD University of Louisville Physicians Novak Center for Children’s Health
  • Danica Gomes MD, MSc Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Nichole M. Jefferson National Kidney Foundation
  • Gordon McLennan MD University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • Shannon Novosad MD, MPH Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • 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 American Society of Nephrology
  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN American Society of Nephrology

TDAT QI Workgroup

Chair

  • Vandana Dua Niyyar MD, FASN Emory University
  • Gordon McLennan MD, FSIR UC Health University of Colorado Hospital (retired)

Members

  • Kenneth Abreo MD Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Academic Medical Center
  • Siva Ambalavanan MD Renal Physicians
  • Deepa Chand MD, FASN Novartis
  • Natasha Dave MD Strive Health + NOD Specialists
  • Vanessa Evans Patient Advocate, Fresenius Kidney Care
  • Christie Gooden MD North Texas Dialysis Access Clinic
  • Nupur Gupta MD Indiana University
  • Dany Issa MD W.G. (Bill) Heffner Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Timmy Lee MD, MPH, FASN University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Matthew Oliver MD Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto
  • Rob Quinn MD University of Calgary and Foothills Medical Centre
  • Forest Rawls CCHtA, FNKF Emory University
  • Cindy Roberts RN, MPH, CIC, FAPIC Renal Research Institute
  • Caroline Wilkie Kuhns Law Firm, PLLC

Staff Project Managers

  • Joseph Kessler MSN, RN, CPDN American Society of Nephrology
  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN American Society of Nephrology

TDAT Medical Training Workgroup

Chair

  • Vandana Dua Niyyar MD, FASN Emory University
  • Matthew Sparks MD, FASN Duke University

Members

  • Atlee Baker MD, MPH Washington University of St. Louis
  • Anna Burgner MD Vanderbilt Health
  • Chyi Chyi Chong MD University of Southern California
  • Dalia Dawoud MD University of California Riverside
  • Jeffrey Hull MD Richmond Vascular Center
  • Koyal Jain MD, MPH, FASN University of North Carolina
  • Sam Kant MD, FASN Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Chris Ramos MD Emory University School of Medicine
  • Bharat Sachdeva MD Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
  • Adina Voiculescu MD Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital

Staff Project Managers

  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN American Society of Nephrology
  • Shane Perry BS American Society of Nephrology

TDAT Education Workgroup

Chair

  • Vandana Dua Niyyar MD, FASN Emory University
  • Gerald Beathard MD, PhD, FASN University of Texas Medical Branch

Members

  • Gayle Hall CNN, RN National Dialysis Accreditation Commission
  • Ziv Haskal MD University of Virginia Medical Center
  • Hania Kassem MD, FASN University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Charmaine Lok MD Toronto General Research Institute
  • Neghae Mawla MD Dallas Nephrology Associates
  • Louise Moist MD, MS, MSc London Health Sciences Centre
  • Rajeev Narayan MD Baptist Medical Center
  • Eric Peden MD Houston Methodist Cardiovascular Surgery Associates
  • Forest Rawls CCHtA, FNKF Emory University
  • Aisha Shaikh MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Surendra Shenoy MD, PhD Washington University School of Medicine of Saint Louis
  • Michael Turk DO Duke University

Staff Project Managers

  • Joseph Kessler MSN, RN, CPDN American Society of Nephrology
  • Kerry Leigh BSN, RN American Society of Nephrology