Officers and Councilors

Officers:  2008-2009

• President: Arif Asif, MD - Miami, FL
• President-Elect: Timothy Pflederer, MD - Morton, IL
• Secretary-Treasurer: Aris Urbanes, MD - Grosse Pointe Park, MI
• Immediate Past President: Theodore F. Saad, MD - Wilmington, DE

Councilors:

• Rick Mishler, MD - Phoenix, AZ (Accreditation)
• Terry Litchfield, RN, MPA - Riverwoods, IL (Associate Member Representative)
• Charles O'Neill, MD - Atlanta, GA (Certification)
• Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD - Cincinnati, OH (Clinical Research)
• Thomas Vesely, MD - St. Louis, MO (Corporate Liaison)
• Gerald A. Beathard, MD, PhD, FASN - Austin, TX (Education & Programs)
• Alexander S. Yevzlin, MD - Madison, WI (Hemodialysis Access Procedures)
• Anatole Besarab, MD - Detroit, MI (Hemodialysis Access Surveillance Technology)
• Antoine Samaha, MD - Loveland, OH (Hemodialysis Catheter Procedures )
• Linda Francisco, MD - Wichita, KS (Diagnostic US/Renal Biopsy)
• Ivan Maya, MD - Birmingham, AL (Peritoneal Catheter Procedures)
• Don Schon MD - Phoenix, AZ (Regulatory and Reimbursement Issues)
• Stephen Ash, MD - Lafayette, IN (Seminars in Dialysis Editor)

Seminars in Dialysis Editors:

• Stephen Ash, MD Editor-in-Chief
• Arif Asif, MD Editor for North America
• Alexander S. Yevzlin, MD Associate Editor for North America
• Miguel Riella, MD International Editor

Liaisons:

• Amy Dwyer, MD, Interventional Nephrology Training Program Liaison
  
  

ASDIN Past Presidents:

ASDIN Awards:

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award:  Gerald A. Beathard, MD, PhD, FASN

2007 ASDIN Distinguished Service Award:  Theodore Saad, MD