Conference Speakers
Guest Faculty
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Host Faculty / Planning Committe
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- John Agar, MBBS, FRCP, FRACP, Associate Professor, Barwon Health and University of Melbourne, Geelong, AUSTRALIA (Saturday, HHD)
- Suhail Ahmad, MD, MB, BS, Professor, University of Washington-Scribner Kidney Center, Seattle, Washigton (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Sunday, Hypertensive Patient; Tuesday, Update on NSF)
- Joanne Albers, RN (Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Marilynn Albert, MSN, ANP-BC, Senior Lecturer, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, Education)
- Michael Aldridge, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS, Instructor of Clinical Nursing, Home Dialysis Coordinator, The University of Texas School of Nursing, Austin, Texas (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Monday, Peds)
- Richard Amerling, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York (Sunday, Hypertensive Patient, Dialysis Administration, Fundamentals; Monday, Futuristic Methods, Membrane Health)
- Stephen R. Ash, MD, Director of Dialysis, Clarian Arnett Health, West Lafayette, Indiana (Tuesday, HD Access)
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- Lynda K. Ball, MSN, RN, CNN, Quality Improvement Director, Northwest Renal Network, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Monday, Vascular Access)
- Barbara Bancroft, RN, MSN, PNP, Executive Director, CPP Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois (Monday, Clinical Nephrology, Nursing Keynote, Peds)
- Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Nephrologist, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA (Sunday, Technique Survival; Monday, Fellow Case Studies, Learn from Colleagues)
- Rich Berkowitz, Founder/ Patient Advicate, NxStage Users, Skokie, Illinois (Saturday, HHD)
- Judith Bernardini, BSN, RN, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Sunday, Peds, Clinical Workshop; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Christopher R. Blagg, MD, FRCP, Executive Director Emeritus, Northwest Kidney Centers; Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Washington, Northwest Kidney Centers, Mercer Island, Washington (Saturday, HHD, Awards; Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Peter G. Blake, MB, Professor of Medicine; Chair, Division of Nephrology, University of Western Canada London Health Sciences Centre, London, CANADA (Sunday, Technique Survival; Monday, Membrane Health)
- Geraldine Bojarski, RN, CNN, CCRN, Information Technology Nurse Consultant, Dialysis Clinic, Inc., South Park, Pennsylvania (Monday, Nursing Management)
- Mary L. Brandt, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Sunday, Procedures)
- Susan Bray, MD, Clinical Associate Professor Medicine, Drexal University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Saturday, HHD)
- Deborah J. Brouwer, RN, CNN, Director, Clinical Business Development, Renal Solutions Inc., Warrendale, Pensylvania (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, Clinical Nephrology Nursing)
- Edwina Brown, MD, FRCP, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom (Sunday, Clinical Nephrology Workshop; Tuesday, Clinical Workshop, Update on PD Solutions)
- John Burkart, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine/Nephrology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina (Saturday, Awards; Monday, PD Fundamentals, Dialysis Solution, Survival in ESRD; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
- James Burnell, MD (Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
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- Charles Chazot, MD, General Manager, Centre de Rein Artificiel, Tassin, FRANCE (Sunday, Hypertensive Patient, Matters of the Heart)
- Sherry Chinnock, RN, BSN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare, Grand Terrace, California (Sunday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Stacy Cigliana, RN, CNN, Home Dialysis Program Director, RAI Clayton Road Frontenac Home Dialysis, Frontenac, Missouri (Sunday, Basic PD Nursing, HHD)
- Judy Clark, Dialysis Patient, Fircrest, WA (Monday, HHD Machines)
- Jack Cole (Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, CNN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, Education)
- John W. Costerton, PhD, FRSC, Director of Biofilm Research, Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Sunday, Clinical Nephrology Nursing)
- Ann Cotton, MS, RD, CNSD, Clinical Dietitian Specialist, Clarian Health, Methodist Hospital, Westfield, Indiana (Monday, Wound Healing; Tuesday, Gastrointestinal Problems)
- John H. Crabtree, MD, Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, Clinical Faculty, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California (Sunday, PD Fundamentals)
- Judy Crantz, MSN, ARNP, Tacoma Digestive Disease Center, Gig Harbor, Washington (Tuesday, Gastrointestinal Problems)
- Terri Crawford-Bonadio, RN, CNN, Senior Clinical Education Manager, PD, Fresenius Medical Care, Huntersville, North Carolina (Sunday, Clinical Workshop)
- Helen Currier, BSN, RN, CNN, Assistant Director, Renal Dialysis/Pheresis, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas (Sunday, Peds, Procedures; Monday, Peds)
- Jim Curtis, CHT, Vice President of Clinical Services, Home Dialysis Plus, LTD, Portland, Oregon (Monday, Futuristic Methods)
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- John T. Daugirdas, MD, University of Illibois at Chicago, Hinsdale, Illinois (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Sunday, Hypertensive Patient)
- Andrew Davenport, MD, FRCP, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London, UNITED KINGDOM (Sunday, AKI; Monday, Futuristic Methods, Pain Management)
- Sara Davison, MD, MHSc, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA (Tuesday, Pain Management)
- Ian H. de Boer, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, Mineral Bone Disease)
- Mary Kay Deck, RN, BS, Director of Nursing and Education, NxStage Medical, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts (Monday, HHD Machines)
- R. Phil Dellinger, MD, Director Critical Care, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey (Sunday, AKI)
- Jose A. Diaz-Buxo, MD, FACP, Senior Vice President, Home Therapies Development, Fresenius Medical Care, Charlotte, North Carolina (Saturday, Awards; Monday, Peritonitis/ Tech Survival; Tuesday, Assisted PD, Global Dialysis)
- Lesley C. Dinwiddie, MSN, RN, FNP, CNN, Executive Director, ICEER, Cary, North Carolina (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Monday, Staff Education; Tuesday, Clinical Nephrology)
- Anne Diroll, RN, CNN, Hema Metrics, Rocklin, California (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Clinical Nephrology)
- Mary Dooley, MSW, CKD Program Manager, Northwest Kidney Centers, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, Education)
- Mike Dooley, MA, Gambro, Lund, SWEDEN (Monday, HHD Machines)
- Sheila Doss, RN, CNN, CCRA, Nursing Director of Research, Satellite Healthcare, Inc., Mountain View, California (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, Clinical HD Nursing)
- Ann Marie Duffy, BS, RN, CNN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare, Stirling, New Jersey (Sunday, Basic PD Nursing)
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- Robin Eady, MSc, FRCP, Professor Emeritus, St. John’s Institute of Dermatology, St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom (Saturday, HHD; Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Allyn Evans, RD, LDN, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds)
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- Mark D. Faber, MD, FACP, Fellowship Director, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan (Monday, PD Fundamentals)
- Jeannie Farina, MSN, RN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania (Monday, Basic PD Nursing; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Nancy Fassinger, PhD, RD, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds)
- Fredric O. Finkelstein, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Monday, PD Fundamentals)
- Karl-Georg Fischer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, GERMANY (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Sunday, CKD in Anemia)
- Michael Flessner, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (Sunday, General Session, PD Fundamentals; Monday, PD Fundamentals)
- Joseph T. Flynn, MD, MS, Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hopsital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, Peds; Tuesday, Peds)
- Eli Friedman, MD, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York (Monday, Futuristic Methods; Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
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- Anthony Gabriel, MD, Chief Information Officer, DaVita, Inc., El Segundo, California (Sunday, Dialysis Administration)
- Stuart L. Goldstein, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals)
- Thomas A. Golper, MD, Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (Sunday, AKI, Dialysis Administration; Tuesday, Assisted PD)
- David Goodkin, MD, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Bellevue, Washington (Sunday, DOPPS)
- Tony Goovaerts, RN, Nurse Manager, University Hospital St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium (Monday, Vascular Access)
- Linda Gromko, MD, Arrange 2 Live, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, HHD)
- Steven S. Guest, MD, Director, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, California (Sunday, Clinical Issues/ Concerns; Monday, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, Update on NSF, PD Fundamentals)
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- Linda Haas, MSN, RN, Endocrinology Clinical Nurse Specialist, VA Puget Sound HSC, Seattle, Washington (Monday, Clinical Nephrology)
- Kathy Schiro Harvey, MS, RD, CSR, Nutrition Manager, Puget Sound Kidney Centers, Mountlake Terrace, Washington (Monday, Learn from Colleagues; Tuesday, New Regulations)
- Nasser Hebah, MB, Director of Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis, Dialysis Clinic Inc., Nashville, Tennessee (Sunday, PD Nursing Workshop; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Robert Hegstrom, MD (Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Olof Heimburger, MD, PhD, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, SWEDEN (Tuesday, Assisted PD, Update on PD Solutions)
- Aaron Herold, MSW, LICSW, Patient Services Coordinator, Northwest Renal Network, Seattle, Washington (Monday, Nursing Management; Clinical Nephrology Nursing)
- Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD, Professor, Kidney Research Institute; Director, Joseph W. Eschbach MD Endowed Chair for Kidney Research, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, Clinical Issues/ Concerns; Monday, Survival in ESRD)
- Michelle A Hofmann, RN, BSN, CNN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare, Fenton, Missouri (Sunday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Janet Holland, RN, CNN, Director of Vascular Access Management, DaVita, Garden Grove, California (Sunday, Education; Monday, Vascular Access)
- Jean L. Holley, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Carle Clinic, Urbana, Illinois (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, Medical Complications)
- Daljit Hothi, MD, South Croydon Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds; Tuesday, Peds)
- Kathleen Hunt, RD, LD, Renal Nutritionist, Kaiser Permanente Hayward Peritoneal Dialysis Unit, Hayward, California (Sunday, Basic PD Nursing; Tuesday, Gastrointestinal Problems)
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- Jula Inrig, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas (Sunday, Hypertensive Patient)
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- Bertrand L. Jaber, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (Sunday, Daily HD)
- Linda Jones, MA, BSN, CNN, Nephrology Section Manager, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri (Sunday, Procedures)
- Stanley Jordan, MD, Medical Director, Renal Transplant Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California (Monday, Peds)
- Marisa D. Juarez, RD, LD, MPH, Pediatric Dietitian, Texas Children's Hospital; Food & Nutrition Services, Houson, Texas (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds)
- Eva Juel-Medina, MSN, ARNP, Dialysis Clinical Manager, Seattle Childrens Hospital, Seattle, Washington (Monday, Nursing Management; Tuesday, New Regulations)
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- Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA, Torrance, California (Sunday, Calcium/Phosphorus, CKD in Anemia)
- Pranay Kathuria, MD, FACP, FASN, Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Director of Clinical Reseach Center, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Monday, Membrane Health; Tuesday, Medical Complications)
- Karen T. Kelley, BSN, RN, CNN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, FairLawn, New Jersey (Monday, Basic PD Nursing; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Elizabeth E. Kelman, MEd, ACNP, Toronto General Hospital, University Health, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (Sunday, Peds, Basic PD Nursing; Monday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Rodney S. Kenley, MS, MM, Director of Business Development, DEKA Research & Development Corporation, Manchester, New Hampshire (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Monday, Futursitic Methods)
- Carl Kjellstrand, MD, PhD, Clinical Professor, Loyola University, College Place, Washington (Monday, RCT in Dialysis Research; Tuesday, Global Dialysis, Pain Management)
- Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, CS, ANP, Renal Nurse Practitioner, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, HHD, Clinical Nephrology Workshop; Tuesday, Clinical Nephrology)
- Raymond T. Krediet, MD, PhD, Professor of Nephrology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS (Monday, Membrane Health; Tuesday, Update on PD Solutions)
- Deuzimar Kulawik, MSN, RN, Quality Improvement Director, FMQAI: The Florida ESRD Network, Tampa, Florida (Sunday, Dialysis Administration; Monday, Nursing Management)
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- Craig Langman, MD, The Issac A. Abt, MD Professor of Kidney Diseases, and Head, Division of Kidney Diseasess, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois (Monday, Peds)
- Debra H. Lawson, CPC, PCS, Nephrology Consultant, Nephrology Billing and Management Services, LLC, Rogersville, Tennessee (Monday, Peds)
- Joan Leake, RN, Davita at Home, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania (Saturday, HHD)
- Nathan W. Levin, MD, Medical Research Director, Renal Research Institute, New York, New York (Sunday, Daily HD)
- Robert M. Lindsay, MB, CHB, MD, FRCPC, FRCP (Edin), FRCO (Glasg) FACP, Professor of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario and London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, CANADA (Sunday, Daily HD; Monday, Dialysis Solutions; Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Ann Lipkin, MSRD, CD, CNSD, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (Tuesday, Peds)
- Wai Kei Lo, MD, Tung Wah Hospital, Sheung Wan, Sheung Wan Hong Kong, CHINA (Sunday, Clinical Issues/Concerns; Monday, Peritonitis/ Tech Survival; Tuesday, Assisted PD)
- Robert S. Lockridge Jr., MD, Clinical Practicing Nephrologist and Clinical Associate Professor of Nephrology at UVA, Lynchburg Nephrology Physicians and Department of Nephrology at University of Virginia, Lynchburg, Virginia (Saturday, HHD; Monday, HHD Machines)
- Charmaine Lok, MD, FRCPC, Nephrologist, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA (Tuesday, HD Access)
- Maria Luongo, MSN, RN, BA, CAPD Nurse Manager, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Sunday, Clinical Workshop; Monday, Learn from Colleagues; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
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- Donna Maaz, BSN, RN, CNN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare, Warwick, Rhode Island (Sunday, Education; Monday, Learn from Colleagues)
- Ann Mancini, MSN, RN, NP, Medical Science Liaison, Baxter Healthcare, Aurora, Colorado (Sunday, Clinical Workshop)
- James A. Manning, BA Biology, Med Education Administration & Conseli, Colonel AUS (Ret), Lakewood, Washington (Saturday, HHD)
- Nancy Hawkins McAfee, MN, RN, CNN, Clinical Nurse Specialist Dialysis, Seattle Children's, Seattle, Washington (Monday, Nursing Management, Staff Education, Clinical Workshop)
- Linda McCann, RD, CSR, LD, Senior Director of Quality, Satellite Healthcare, Mountain View, California (Sunday, Calcium/Phosphorus; Tuesday, Clinical Nephrology)
- Patricia McCarley, RN, MSN, NP, Diablo Nephrology Medical Group, Oakland, California (Sunday, HHD; Monday, Clinical Nephrology)
- Maureen McCarthy, MPH, RD, CSR, LD, Transplant Dietitian, Oregon Health and Science Uinversity in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon (Monday, Peds)
- Jane McClure, Interior Designer, Arrange 2 Live, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, HHD)
- Ruth McDonald, MD, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (Monday, Peds; Tuesday, Peds)
- Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, LA Biomed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Monday, PD Fundamentals)
- Brent W. Miller, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Dialysis Center, St. Louis, Missouri (Saturday, HHD)
- Sandip Mitra, FRCP, MD, Consultant Nephrologist, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UNITED KINGDOM (Sunday, HHD)
- Jack W. Moncrief, MD, Medical Director, Moncrief Dialysis Center, Austin, Texas (Sunday, Clinical Issues/Concerns, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- John E. Moran, MB, BS, Corporate Medical Director, Wellbound, Inc, Mountain View, California (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, Clinical Issues/Concerns; Monday, Dialysis Solutions; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
- Salim Mujais, MD, Senior Medical Director, Astellas Pharma US, Deerfield, Illinois (Sunday, Technique Survival; Monday, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, Update on NSF)
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- Tom Nemeth, PharmD, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington (Tuesday, Peds)
- Alicia M. Neu, MD, Associate Professor, Clinical Director Pediatric Nephrology, Medical Director Pediatric Dialysis and Kidney Transplant, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Monday, Peds)
- Shari K. Neul, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds)
- Vo D. Nguyen, MD, Memorial Nephrology Associates, Olympia, Washington (Monday, Vascular Access)
- Allen Nissenson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, DaVita, El Segundo, California (Sunday, CKD in Anemia; Monday, Peds, Futuristic Methods)
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- Ingegerd Odar-Cederlof, MD, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SWEDEN (Tuesday, Pain Management)
- Matthew Oliver, MD, MHS, FRCPC, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (Tuesday, Assisted PD, Update in PD Solutions)
- Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, MD, PhD, FRACP, FACP, FRCPS (Glasgow), Professor of Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (Sunday, PD Fundamentals, Clinical Issues/Concerns; Monday, Fellow Case Studies; Tuesday, Medical Complications, Global Dialysis)
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- Priti Patel, MD (Sunday, Clinical Neph Nursing)
- Brenda F. Patrick, MS, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, Pleasanton, California (Sunday, Clinical HD Nursing; Monday, Wound Healing, Clinical Nephrology)
- Robert Pauly, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Division of Nephrology, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, HHD)
- Glenda Payne, MS, RN, CNN, ESRD Technical Advisor, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dallas, Texas (Monday, Staff Education; Tuesday, New Regulations)
- Judy Perry, MSW, Social Worker, MT. Baker Kidney Center, Bellingham, Washington (Monday, Learn from Colleagues)
- Linda Phelan, RD, CSR, LD, Pediatric Renal Dietitian, Neonatal Intensive Care Dietitian, Oregon Health and Science University Hospital, Portland, Oregon (Saturday, Peds; Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds)
- Beth Piraino, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Monday, Peritonitis/Tech Survival, Survival in ESRD; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
- Valerie Price, RN, Cneph(C), Predialysis Coordinator, Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, St. John, New Brunswick, CANADA (Monday, Basic PD Nursing; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Robert Provenzano, MD, Associate Professor, Wayne State University, St John Hospital & Medical Center; St Clair Speciality Physicians, Detroit, Michigan (Saturday, HHD)
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- Wayne Quinton, Seattle, Washington (Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
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- Candice Regua, BSN, RN, Clinical Consultant, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Glendale, Arizona (Sunday, PD Nursing Workshop; Tuesday, Basic PD Nursing)
- Michael V. Rocco, MD, MSCE, Professor, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Windston-Salem, North Carolina (Sunday, Daily HD; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
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- Georges Saab, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (Tuesday, Medical Complications, Update on NSF)
- Jeffrey J. Sands, MD, Vice President and Medical Director, Renaissance Health Care, Celebration, Florida (Tuesday, HD Access)
- Rajiv Saran, MD, MRCP, MS, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Sunday, General Session, DOPPS; Tuesday, ESRD)
- Mark Sarnak, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachuetts (Sunday, Hypertensive Patient)
- Franz S. Schaefer, MD, Professor, University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Heidelberg, , GERMANY (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Monday, Peds)
- Dorian Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute, Madison, Wisconsin (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, Education, Clinical Nephrology Workshop)
- Brigitte Schiller, MD, Director of Research, Satellite Research, Mountain View, California (Monday, Dialysis Solutions)
- Mary Schira, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CNN-NP, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, Arlington, Texas (Monday, Wound Healing, Clinical Nephrology)
- Martin Schreiber, MD, Chairman, Nephrology & Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Monday, Peritonitis/Tech Survival)
- Kim Schroeder, BSN, RN, CNN, Associate Director of Professional Education, Fresenius Medical Care, Charlotte, North Carolina (Sunday, Education)
- Donna J. Secker, PhD, RD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals)
- Surendra Shenoy, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (Monday, HD Access)
- Tom Shields (Tuesday, Global Dialysis)
- Robin Siegal, MSW, MA, LCSW, Adjunct Faculty, University of Southern California; Social Worker, Westside Dialysis, PD Unit, Los Angelas, California (Monday, Clinical Nephrology Nursing; Tuesday, New Regulations, Nephrology Nurse Workshop)
- Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, Clinical Director, Brigham Women's Hospital, Renal Division, Boston, Massachusetts (Sunday, CKD in Anemia; Tuesday, ESRD)
- James Sloand, MD, Senior Director, Baxter - Renal Division, McGaw Park, Illinois (Saturday, Awards; Sunday, Clinical Issues/ Concerns; Monday, RCT in Dialysis Research, Survival in ESRD)
- Nancy Hewitt Spaeth, BE, RN, PM & R Department at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Mercer Island, Washington (Sunday, Clinical Nephrology Workshop)
- Donna M. St. Pierre, BSN, RN, CNN, Vice President of Sales, Fresenius Medical Care NA, Waltham, Massachusetts (Sunday, PD Nursing Workshop)
- John Stivelman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwest Kidney Centers, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, Comprehensive HD; Tuesday, ESRD)
- Jordan Symons, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Tuesday, Peds)
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- Michael Tal, MD, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (Tuesday, HD Access)
- Isaac Teitelbaum, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, University of Colorado Hospital; Director, Acute and Home Dialysis Programs, Aurora, Colorado (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, Medical Complications)
- Francesca Tentori, MD, Research Scientist, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Sunday, DOPPS)
- Kirsten Thompson, MPH, RD, CD, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington (Sunday, Peds; Monday, Peds; Tuesday, Peds)
- Lucy Todd, MSN, ACNP-BC, CNN, Baxter Healthcare, Asheville, North Carolina (Tuesday, Clinical Workshop)
- Marcello Tonelli, MD, SM, FRCPC, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA (Monday, RCT in Dialysis Research)
- Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Spokane, Washington (Sunday, Clinical Issues/ Concerns; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
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- Dave Updyke, AS, BET, Senior Vice President, Technical Marketing, Renal Solutions, Inc, Warrendale, Pennsylvania (Monday, Futuristic Methods)
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- Bradley A. Warady, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Monday, Peds)
- Sandra L. Watkins, MD, Professor Emerita, University of washington, Children's Hospital Seattle, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, Peds; Monday, Peds)
- Karen Wiesen, MS, RD, LD, Renal Dietitian, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, Calcium/Phosphorus; Monday, Wound Healing; Tuesday, Gastrointestinal Problems)
- Kathryn Renee Williams, BSN, RN, Clinical Educator, Baxter Healthcare Renal Division, Bossier City, Louisiana (Monday, Staff Education, Learn from Colleagues)
- Robert Winrow, MD, Nephrologist, Minor & James Medical & Scribner Research Unit; Northwest Kidney Centers, Seattle, Washington (Tuesday, New Regulations)
- Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW, National Kidney Foundation, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, PD Nursing Workshop; Tuesday, New Regulations)
- Leslie Wong, MD, Medical Director, Peritoneal Dialysis, Northwest Kidney Centers; University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, HHD; Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
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- Peter D. Yorgin, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Director, Pediatric Nephrology, University of California, San Diego, California (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Tuesday, Peds)
- Bessie A. Young, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington (Saturday, HHD; Monday, Dialysis Solutions)
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- Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Saturday, Peds Fundamentals; Tuesday, Peds)
Host Faculty
- Kunal Chaudhary, MD, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Specialty Care: HS Truman VA Hospital, Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Clinical Issues/ Concerns; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
- Kevin C. Dellsperger, MD, PhD,
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Outcames, Professor and Marie I. Vorbeck Chair in Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Clinical Issues/Concerns, Matters of the Heart)
- Rajiv Dhand, MD, Professor, Pulmonary & Environmental, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, AKI)
- Shirley J. Farrah, PhD, RN-BC, Assistant Dean, Nursing Outreach and Distance Education, Sinclair School of Nursing, Univeristy of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Education; Monday, Clinical Nephrology, Nursing Keynote)
- W. Kirt Nichols, MD, Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery, University of Missouri Health Care, Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, PD Fundamentals; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
- Leanne J. Peace, MSW, MHA, Director, Missouri Kidney Program, Columbia, Missouri (Monday, Clinical Nephrology Nursing; Tuesday, Nephrology Nursing Workshop)
- Janet Peterie, RN, Nurse Manager, Dialysis Clinic, Inc, Kirksville, Missouri (Sunday, Clinical HD Nursing; Monday, Staff Education; Tuesday, Clinical Nephrology)
- William L. Salzer, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, (Monday, Peritonitis/Tech Survival, Survival in ESRD; Tuesday, PD Fundamentals)
- Harbaksh Sangha, MD, Nephrology Fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Mineral Bone Disease)
- Roberta Satalowich, BS, RN, CNN, Dialysis Clinic Inc., Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Basic PD Nursing)
- John C. Van Stone, MD, Medical Director, Dialysis Clinic, Inc., Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Dialysis Administration)
- Elizabeth White, AD, RN, Home Dialysis Nurse Manager, Dialysis Clinic, Inc., Columbia, Missouri (Sunday, Clinical Workshop, Basic PD Nursing)
Planning Committee
- Steven R. Alexander, MD
- Kunal Chaudhary, MD
- Helen Currier, BSN, RN, CNN
- Shirley J. Farrah, PhD, RN-B
- Linda Jones, MA, BSN, CNN
- Ramesh Khanna, MD
- Nancy Majkowski, BSN
- Madhukar Misra, MD, FRCP (UK)
- Dana Negoi, MD
- Karl D. Nolph, MD
- Leanne J. Peace, MSW, MHA
- Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, BSHM, RN, CNN
- Allison Rentfro, MPA, Director, Continuing Medical Education, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
- Elaine Rogers, Senior Continuing Medical Education Coordinator, Continuing Medical Education, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
- Franz S. Schaefer, MD
- Donna J. Secker, PhD, RD
- Helen Tekaki, BSN
- Karen Tipton, RN, BSN, CPN
- Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD
- Bradley Warady, MD
- Weldon Webb. Associate Dean, Rural Health Programs, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
- Karen Wiesen, MS, RD, LD
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