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  • 2022/2023 NKF Serving Maryland and Delaware
    Advisory Board of Directors

    Nelson Amos, Lead Patient Consultant
    NxStage Medical, Inc.
    NKFMDDE Advisory Board Patient Advocate

    Larry Abramson
    President
    Strategic Healthcare Advisors

    Cozumel Pruette, MD
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Nephrology, Clinical Medical Director

    Prayus Tailor, MD
    Nephrologist
    Nephrology Associates
    Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee

    Mohamed Ibrahim, MD
    Physician/Scientist
    Assistant Professor of Transplant Nephology
    University of Maryland Medical Center

    Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah*, MD
    Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board
    Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology

    Tisha Guthrie, Social Worker and
    Group Fitness & Wellness Professional with LifeBridge

    NKFMDDE Advisory Board Patient Advocate

    Jon S. Wilkins, Esq.
    Managing Director Federal Communications Commission

    Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD
    Pediatric Nephrologist
    Co-Chair Delaware Leadership Committee

    George Kilbourne
    Renal Hospital Specialist
    Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

    Kimberly M. Lumpkin’s, M.D., FACS, FRCS
    University of Maryland Children’s Hospital
    Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery & Surgeon-in-Chief of the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital

    Greg Miller, MBA, CFA
    Past Chairman
    Consultant, Board Advisor, Investor

    Silke Niederhaus, MD
    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    University of Maryland Medical Center

    Nabil Sheikh*
    Secretary
    OmegaCor Technologies
    President

    Christopher Simon*, LCSW-C
    Chair, Patient & Community Service Committee
    Independent Dialysis Foundation-Parkview Social Worker

    Swami Swaminathan
    Chairman
    Chief Information Officer
    Reli Group, Inc.

    Tim Shaffrey
    Vice President, Sales
    McCormick

    Mike Rolfes
    Vice President, Sales
    1Rivet

    Greg Hoey
    Regional Account Leader
    AstraZeneca

    (* denotes Executive
    Committee Member)

    NKFMDDE Staff

    Patricia A. Dash
    Executive Director

    Sandy Boesenberg
    Office Manager

    Lauren Brown
    Community Outreach Manager

    Kristy-An Ferracci
    Living Kidney Donor
    Community Outreach Assistant

    Nicole Scharf
    Living Kidney Donor
    Associate Executive Director
    The Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware

    2023/2024 Medical Advisory Board

    Serena M. Bagnasco, MD
    Associate Professor of Pathology
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Mary T. (Tessie) Behrens, MD
    Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA

    Tammy M. Brady, MD, MHS
    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Pediatric Nephrology

    Dr. Eric Brown, MD
    Chair, Medical Advisory Board
    Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, P.A.

    Rochelle Cunningham, MD
    University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Division of Nephrology

    Jennifer Dodson, MD, Ph.D.
    Urologist

    Wardi Donnelly
    Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Administrative Director, TAP

    Justin B. Echouffo Tcheugui, M.D., Ph.D., M.Phil.
    Associate Director for Student and Resident Education, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

    Duvuru Geetha, MD
    Medical Director
    Peritoneal Dialysis at Davita JB Zachary and Davita White Square
    Assistant Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

    Donna Hanes, MD
    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
    Nephrologist
    University of Maryland Medical Center

    Bernard G. Jaar, MD, MPH
    Clinical Director, Division of Nephrology
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Cele Johnson, RN
    Retired

    Edward S. Kraus, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    Division of Nephrology
    Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
    Retired

    William Rayfield, II, MD
    Physician Medical Chart Review
    Chart Analyst, LLC
    Independent Contractor for Faircode Associates, LLC

    Anna Roh, MS, RD, LDN
    Senior Manager, Nutrition Services
    Fresenius Kidney Care

    Christopher Simon, LCSW
    Social Worker
    Independent Dialysis Foundation
    Parkview Center

    Sumeska (Su) Thavarajah, MD,
    Immediate Past Chair, Medical Advisory Board
    Assistant Professor of Medicine – Division of Nephrology
    Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

    Sharon Turban, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine
    Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology

    Terry Watnick, MD
    Associate Professor of Medicine,
    Division of Nephrology
    Johns Hopkins Polycystic Kidney Disease Research

    Matthew R. Weir, MD
    Professor of Medicine
    Director, Division of Nephrology
    University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Jeremy R. Yospin, MD
    Meadow Kidney Care

    2022/2023 Delaware Leadership Committee

    Joshua Zaritsky
    Co-Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
    PCMG
    Pediatric Nephrologist

    Prayus Tailor, MD
    Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
    Nephrology Associates, PA
    Nephrologist

    Tracy Zigman
    TD Bank
    Head of Customer Experience Strategy

    Jody Cross
    Wintethur Museum
    Associate Director, Membership & Individual Giving

    Ryan Haydu
    Christiana Care Kidney Transplant
    Administrative Director, Transplant Program

    John Swanson, MD
    Christiana Care Kidney Transplant
    Transplant Surgeon

    Joanne Smith
    Fresenius Kidney Care
    Kidney Care Advocate

    Kelly Morgan, MPH
    Ardelyx
    Area Business Director

    Greg Hoey
    AstraZeneca
    Regional Account Leader