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Associates Committee
CoChair: Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, Transonic Systems, Inc., Lansdale, PA
CoChair: Forest Rawls, CCHT, Emory Dialysis Clinic, Atlanta, GA
Advisor: Maxine Mann, BSN, RN, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Terry Litchfield, Access Solutions, Blanchardville, WI
Jim Mohr, Gore & Associates, Batesville, IN
Susan Rhoads, AKDHC, Phoenix, AZ
Jennifer Vazquez, Total Vascular Care, San Antonio, TX

Awards Committee
Chair: Bharvi Oza-Gajera, MD, University of Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
Dalia Dawoud, MD Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Mukesh Sharma, MD, Chair, Sierra Nevada Nephrology Consultants, Reno, NV
Adina Voiculescu, MD, Advisor, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA


Certification & Accreditation Committee
Chair: Daniel Patel, MD, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Alejandro Alvarez, MD, SSM St. Mary's Health Center, St. Louis, MO
Karn Gupta, MD, Carolina Vascular Care, Rocky Mount, NC
Mark London, MD, Dialysis Access Institute of MUSC Health, Orangeburg, SC
Neghae Mawla, MD, Dallas Nephrology Associates, Plano, TX
Daniel Ross, MD, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Pierre Souraty, MD, Kansas Nephrology Physicians, P.A., Wichita, KS
Adina Voiculescu, MD, Advisor, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Accreditation Committee
Chair: Karn Gupta, MD, Carolina Vascular Care, Rocky Mount, NC
Advisor: Lal Kumbar, MD, Henry Ford Health Systems at Detroit, MI
Suresh Appasamy, MD, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
Suresh Margassery, MD, Advanced Surgical Center - SCA Health, Plano, TX

endoAVF Committee
CoChair: Alejandro Alvarez, MD, SSM St. Mary's Health Center, St. Louis, MO
CoChair: Neghae Mawla, MD, Chair, Dallas Nephrology Associates, Plano, TX
Advisor: Umar Waheed, MD, Southwest Kidney Institute, Paradise Valley, AZ
Randy Cooper, MD, SKI Vascular Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Reuben Ellis, MD, Physician Consultants of Georgia, LLC, Macon, GA
Shaker Qaqish, MD, Central Arkansas Vascular & Dialysis Access Center, Little Rock, AR
Hany Rezk, MD, Nephrology Associates, Nashville, TN
Rashid Sharaf, MD, Star Vascular, San Antonio, TX
Vijay Sreenarasimhaiah, Houston Nephrology Group, Houston, TX
           

HVA Committee
Chair: Daniel Patel, MD, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Gautam Bhanushali, MD, Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois, Chicago, IL
J. Pedro Frommer, MD, Interventional Nephrology Associates, Houston, TX
Suresh Margassery, MD, Advanced Surgical Center - SCA Health, Plano, TX
Shahriar Moossavi, MD, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Michael Murphy, MD, Carson City Nephrology, LLC, San Francisco, CA
Timothy O'Connor, MD, RenalCare Associates, Peoria, IL
Shaker Qaqish, Central Arkansas Vascular & Dialysis Access Center, Little Rock, AR
John Reed, MD, Hampton VA, Norfolk, VA
Todd Robinson, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
Salman Singapuri, MD, Preferred Vascular Group, Brookhaven, GA
                                            

PD Committee
CoChair: Mark London, MD, Dialysis Access Institute of MUSC Health, Orangeburg, SC
CoChair: Pierre Souraty, MD, Kansas Nephrology Physicians, P.A., Wichita, KS
Bakhtiar Mohamad Amin, MD - Azura Vascular, Cincinnati, OH  
Satyaki Banerjee, MD - Renal Medicine Access Center, Albuquerque, MN
Phani Morisetti, MD – Ochsner LSU Health, Shreveport, LA
Shaker Qaqish, MD, Central Arkansas Vascular & Dialysis Access Center, Little Rock, AR
Adrian Sequeira, MD, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Rashid Sharaf, MD, Renal Associates, San Antonio, TX
Saad Mohammed Shariff, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Ultrasound Committee
Chair: Daniel Ross, MD, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Chair: Adina Voiculescu, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy, MD, University of KY, Lexington, KY
Fernando Ariza, MD,  SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
Khaled Boubes, MD, OSU Medical Center, Columbus, OH
James Gregoire, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Phani Morisetti, MD – Ochsner LSU Health, Shreveport, LA
Andrew A. Moses, MD, Northwell Health, New York, NY
Frederic Rahbari Oskoui, MD, Emory, Atlanta, GA
Marc Saad, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Navid Q. Saigal, MD, Renal Associates, PA, San Antonio, TX
Adrian Sequeira, MD, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Ramesh Soundararajan, MD, Associates in Nephrology, Willowbrook, IL
Victoria Teodorescu, MD, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

Clinical Practice Committee
Chair: Mukesh K. Sharma, MD, Chair Sierra Nevada Nephrology Consultants, Reno, NV
Chair: Tze-Woei Tan, MD, Chair, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Advisor:  Arif Asif, MD, Hackensack-Meridian Health, Neptune, NJ
Advisor: Tushar Vachharajani, MD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy, MD, University of KY, Lexington, KY
Stephen Ash, MD, Ash Access Technology, HemoCleanse Technologies, LLC, Lafayette, IN
Michael Gersch, MD, Arkansas Renal Group, PA, Hot Springs, AR  
Jalal Hakmei, Southeast Atlanta Vascular Care, Lithonia GA
Jacob A. Hettenbaugh, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Terry Litchfield, Access Solutions, Blanchardville, WI
George Nassar, MD, Houston Methodist/ Weill Cornell College of Medicine, Bellaire, TX
Sejan B. Patel, MD, North Carolina Nephrology, Cary, NC
Ted Saad, MD, Nephrology Associates, PA, Newark, DE
Loay Salman, MD, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Aisha Shaikh, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Sandipan Shringi, MD, Brown Medicine, Providence, RI

Education Committee
Chair: Saravanan Balamuthusamy, MD, Tarrant Vascular, Southlake, TX
Chair: Adina Voiculescu, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Advisor: Ammar Almehmi, MD, UAB, Birmingham, AL
Alian Al-Balas, MD, UAB, Birmingham, AL
Matthias Bergmann, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Dalia Dawoud, MD, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Brinda Desiraju, MD, Kidney Care of Brooklyn, Hoboken, NJ
Ali Gardezi, MD, University Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Michael Gersch, MD, Arkansas Renal Group, PA, Hot Springs, AR
Lindsey Goetz, MD, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Nabil Haddad, MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Syed Asif Hussain, MD, UTMB, Houston, TX
Arye Kremer, MD, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Woodmere, NY
Harold Locay, MD, Ocala Kidney Group, Ocala, FL
Shahriar Moossavi, MD, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Rupal Patel, Orbis Surgery Cetner, Houston, TX
Fawad Qureshi, MD, AIN, Glenview, IL
John Ross, MD, Orangeburg, SC
Adrian Sequeira, MD, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Mohamed Sheta, MD, Houston Kidney Specialists, Houston, TX
Mohammad Ahsan Sohail, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine/IU Health, Indianapolis, IN 
Ramesh Soundararajan, MD, Associates in Nephrology, Willowbrook, IL


Fellows Education Committee
Chair: Dalia Dawoud, MD Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Chair: Lal Kumbar, MD, Henry Ford Health Systems at Detroit, MI
Advisor: Mukesh Sharma, MD, Sierra Nevada Nephrology Consultants, Reno, NV
Jacques Abi Rached, MD, Azura, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Ammar Almehmi, MD, UAB, Birmingham, AL
Ramanakumar Aman, MD, LSU Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Bakhtiar Mohamad Amin, MD - Azura Vascular, Cincinnati, OH  
Richard S. Fernandes Almeida, MD, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
Jalal Hakmei, MD, Southeast Atlanta Vascular Care, Lithonia GA
Syed Asif Hussain, MD, UTMB, Houston, TX
Bharvi Oza-Gajera, MD, University of Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
Clint Parker, MD, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Brian Rifkin, MD, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS
Todd Robinson, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, NC
Mohamaed Sheta, MD, Houston Kidney Specialists, Houston, TX
Ramesh Soundararajan, MD, Associates in Nephrology, Willowbrook, IL

Finance Committee
Chair: Amy Dwyer, MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Rajeev Narayan, MD, San Antonio Kidney Disease Access Center, San Antonio, TX
Daniel Patel, MD, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL

Industry Relations Committee
Chair: Rajeev Narayan, MD, San Antonio Kidney Disease Access Center, San Antonio, TX
Alejandro Alvarez, MD, SSM St. Mary's Health Center, St. Louis, MO
Randy Cooper, MD, SKI Vascular Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Gregory Crenshaw, MD, Endovascular Health Solutions, New Orleans, LA
Dalia Dawoud, MD, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Jacob A. Hettenbaugh, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Neghae Mawla, MD, Dallas Nephrology Associates, Plano, TX
Daniel Patel, MD, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Nick Salupo, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

International Outreach and Development Committee
CoChair: Anil Agarwal, MD, VA Medical Center, Fresno, CA
CoChair: Amy Dwyer, MD, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Fernando Ariza, MD,  SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY
Cutberto Cortes, MD, Medica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
Dalia Dawoud, MD, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Brinda Desiraju, MD, Kidney Care of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Ronald Gobina, MD, University of Buea, Cameroon
Suresh Margassery, MD, Advanced Surgical Center - SCA Health, Plano, TX
Ajay Marwaha, MD, Shrimann Superspecialty Hospital, Punjab, India
Hemant Mehta, MD, Mumbai, India
Shahriar Moossavi, MD, Wake Forest University Health Services, Winston-Salem, NC
Ngozi Okoba, MD, RGV Vascular Access Center, Brownsville, TX
Hoon Suk Park, MD, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Daniel Patel, MD, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Adrian Sequeira, MD, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Mukesh Sharma, MD, Sierra Nevada Nephrology Consultants, Reno, NV
Ahmed Sokwala, MD, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
David Voss, MD, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Membership Committee
Chair: Varshi Broumand, MD, South Texas Renal Care Group, San Antonio, TX
Chair: Dalia Dawoud, MD, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Bakhtiar Mohamad Amin, MD - Azura Vascular, Cincinnati, OH  
Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, Transonic Systems, Inc., Lansdale, PA
Randy Cooper, MD, SKI Vascular Center, Scottsdale, AZ
Cutberto Cortes, MD, Medical Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
Amr Hamed, MD, Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
Hemant Mehta, MD, Mumbai, India
Sandipan Shringi, MD, Brown Medicine, Providence, RI
Ashish Soni, MD, Nephrology Associates, Franklin, TN

Nominating Committee
Chair: Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Daniel Patel, MD, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Timothy Pflederer, MD, RenalCare Associates, Peoria, IL

Patient Perspectives Committee
James Bassue
Vanessa Evans
Fred Hill
Nichole Jefferson
Terry Litchfield
Glenda Roberts
Quin Taylor
Caroline Wilkie

Public Policy Committee
Chair: Robert Fuld, MD, Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA, Baltimore, MD
Chair: Bharvi Oza-Gajera, MD, University of Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
Advocacy Chair:  Terry Litchfield, Access Solutions, Blanchardville, WI
Advisor: Chester Amedia, MD, Boardman, OH
Emmanuel Anekwe, MD, Arteries & Veins, El Paso, TX
Gautam Bhanushali, MD, NANI, Chicago, IL
Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, Transonic Systems, Inc., Lansdale, PA
Nnaemeka Chikwendu, MD, Arteries & Veins, El Paso, TX
Jalal Hakmei, MD, Southeast Atlanta Vascular Care, Lithonia GA
Syed Hasni, MD, Barbourville, KY
Bart High, MD, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS
Walead Latif, MD, American Access Care, Union, NJ
David Mahoney, MD, DaVita, Denver, CO
Joseph Oolut, MD, Greenhouse Vascular, Houston, TX
Timothy Pflederer, MD, RenalCare Associates, Peoria, IL
Karthik Ramani, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Mohamad Samih, MD, Cayuga Medical Center, Ithaca, NY
Andrew Stingo, MD, Nephrology Associates Dialysis Access Center, Kansas City, KS

Research Committee
Chair: Karthik Ramani, MD, Advisor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Chair: Tze-Woei Tan, MD, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Advisor: Jie Cui, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston, MA
Advisor: Timmy Lee, MD, UAB, Birmingham, AL
Ahmed Abdalrhim, MD, Mayo, Rochester, MN
Saravanan Balamuthusamy, MD, Tarrant Vascular, Southlake, TX
Akhil Hegde, MD, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Syed Asif Hussain, MD, UTMB, Houston, TX
Dany Issa, MD, Veterans Affairs, Salisbury, NC
James Lewis, MD, Nephrology Associates, PC, Homewood, AL
Ryan Mullane, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Viraj Pandit, MD, Central California Veteran Affairs Healthcare, Fresno, CA
Hoon Suk Park, MD, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Nick Salupo, MD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Fasika Tedla, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
Roberto I. Vazquez-Padron, PhD, University of Miami, Miami, FL
David Voss, MD, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland
Shouwen Wang, MD, AKDHC, Phoenix, AZ

Social Media Committee
Chair: Brian Rifkin, MD, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS
Advisor: Edgar Lerma, MD, Chair, Associates in Nephrology, Berwyn, IL
Sean Kalloo, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Dalia Dawoud, MD, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Andrew Kowalski, MD, NANI, Berwyn, IL
Obinna Nwankwo, MD, NYC Health + Harlem, Newark, NJ
Mohammad Ahsan Sohail, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine/IU Health, Indianapolis, IN 

Surgical Liaison Committee
Chair: Karl Illig, MD, Flow Vascular, Pasadena, TX
Chair: Vicki Teodorescu, MD, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Karthik Bhat, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Wesley Gabbard, MD, Arteries & Veins, El Paso, TX
Dirk Hentschel, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Mark London, MD, Dialysis Access Institute of MUSC Health, Orangeburg, SC
Rick Mishler, MD, AKDHC, Phoenix, AZ
Brandi Mize, MD, Emory, Atlanta, GA
John Ross, MD, Orangeburg, SC
Vijay Sreenamaiah, MD, Houston Nephrology Group, Houston, TX

Training and Workforce Committee
Chair: Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy, MD, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Ali Gardezi, MD, University Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Suresh Margassery, MD, Advanced Surgical Center - SCA Health, Plano, TX
Nbozi Okoba, MD, RGV Vascular Access Center, Brownsville, TX
Shikha Shailly, MD, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Ryan Weiss, MD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL