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Associates Committee
Chair: Forest Rawls, CCHT, Emory Dialysis Clinic, Atlanta, GA
Krystie Berberich, RN, Lifeline Dialysis Access Center of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Billy Bradley, Azura Vascular Care, Las Vegas, NV
Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, Lansdale, PA
Pam Cox, RN, Louisville, KY
Jim Escobar, Coordinator, Centro Nacional de Salud Renal Essalud, Lima, Peru
Maxine Mann, RN-IVN, CNN, American Vascular Access, Daytona Beach, FL
Jemma Reinhardt, RPA, Dallas Nephrology, Plano, TX
Monty Stills, CCHT, Fresenius Medical Care, Bossier City, LA
Jennifer Vazquez, Total Vascular Care, San Antonio, TX
Ryan White, CCHT, Fresenius Medical Care, Hillsboro, TX

Awards Committee
Chair: Ted Saad, MD, FASDIN, Nephrology Associates, PA, Newark, DE
Anil Agarwal, MD, FASN, FNKF, FISN, FACP, FASDIN, VA San Francisco, Livermore, CA
Stephen Ash, FACP, MD, Hemocleanse, Lafayette, IN
Brinda Desiraju, MD, FASDIN, Kidney Care of Brooklyn, Hoboken, NJ
Terry Litchfield, MPA, Dialysis Access Solutions, Blanchardville, WI
Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN, FNKF, FASDIN, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Bylaws Committee
Chair: Dalia Dawoud, MD, FASDIN, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Amy Dwyer, MD, FASDIN, University of Louisville Hospital IN Center, Louisville, KY
Mukesh Sharma, MD, MS, FASN, FACP, FASDIN, Nevada Kidney, Reno, NV

Certification & Accreditation Committee
Chair: Daniel Patel, MD, FASDIN, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Suresh Margassery, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FASDIN, Advanced Surgical Center, Plano, TX
Rashid Sharaf, MD, FASN, FASDIN, San Antonio, TX
Pierre Souraty, MD, Kansas Nephrology Physicians, P.A., Wichita, KS
Adina Voiculescu, MD, FASDN, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Accreditation Committee
Chair: Suresh Margassery, MBBS, MD, MRCP, FASDIN, Advanced Surgical Center, Plano, TX
Vice Chair: Saad Mohammed Shariff, MD, FASDIN, University of North Carolina, Cary, NC
Advisor: Karn Gupta, MD, FASDIN, Carolina Vascular Care, Morrisvile, NC
Suresh Appasamy, MD, FASDIN, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Ali Gardezi, MD,FASDIN, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Verona, WI

endoAVF Committee
Chair:Rashid Sharaf, MD, FASN, FASDIN, San Antonio, TX
Vice Chair:Shaker Qaqish, MD, FASDIN, Central Arkansas Vascular & Dialysis Access Center, Little Rock, AR
Advisor:Neghae Mawla, MD, FASDIN, Advanced Dialysis Institute, Parker, TX
Alejandro Alvarez, MD, Azura Vascular Care STL, Chesterfield, MO
Randy Cooper, MD, FASDIN, Southwest Kidney Institute, Scottsdale, AZ
Reuben Ellis, MD, FASDIN, Physician Consultants of Georgia, LLC, Macon, GA
Michael Gersch, MD, FASDIN, ARG, Hot Springs, AR
Rishi Razdan, MD, Azura Vascular Care - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Umar Waheed, MD, FASDIN, Southwest Kidney Institute, Peoria, AZ

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

PD Committee
Chair: Pierre Souraty, MD, Kansas Nephrology Physicians, P.A., Wichita, KS
Vice Chair: Bakhtiar Mohamad Amin, MD, FASDIN, Azura Vascular Care, Cincinnati, OH  
Advisor: Mark London, MD, FASDIN, MUSC Health - Orangeburg Dialysis Access Institute, Orangeburg, SC
Satyaki Banerjee, MD, FASN, FASDIN, Advanced Vascular, Albuquerque, MN
Fateh Entabi, MD, CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulare, CA
Jacob Hettenbaugh, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Adrian Sequeira, MD, FACP, FASN, FASDIN, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
Rashid Sharaf, MD, FASN, FASDIN, Renal Associates, San Antonio, TX
Saad Mohammed Shariff, MD, FASDIN, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Ultrasound Committee
Chair: Adina Voiculescu, MD, FASDN, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Vice Chair: Daniel Ross, MD, FASDIN, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Fernando Ariza, MD, RDMS, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Matthias Bergmann, MD, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Andrew A. Moses, MD, FASDIN, Zucker School of Medicine, New York, NY
Raphael Rosen, MD, FASDIN, Stamford Health Medical Group, Stamford, CT
Marc Saad, MD, FASN, FASDIN, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Navid Q. Saigal, MD FACP RPVI, Renal Associates, PA, San Antonio, TX
Ramesh Soundararajan, MD, FACP, FASN,FASH, FASDIN, Associates in Nephrology, Willowbrook, IL
Victoria Teodorescu, MD, MBA, RVT, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

Coding, Public Policy and Advocacy Committee 
Chair:Terry Litchfield, MPA, Dialysis Access Solutions, Blanchardville, WI
Gerald Beathard, MD, PhD, FASDIN, University of Texas Medical Branch, Houston, TX
Robert Fuld, MD, FASDIN, Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, PA, Baltimore, MD
Jalal Hakmei, MD, FASDIN, Southeast Atlanta Vascular Care, Lithonia GA, Atlanta, GA
Timothy Pflederer, MD, FASDIN, Evergreen Nephrology, Tremont, IL
Andrew Stingo, MD, Nephrology Associates Dialysis Access Center, Kansas City, KS

Education Committee
Chair: Bharvi Oza-Gajera, MD, FASDIN, University of Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH
Vice Chair:Ali Gardezi, MD, FASDIN, University Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy, MD, FASDIN, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Matthias Bergmann, MD, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
Khaled Boubes, MD, FASDIN, OSU Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Michael Gersch, MD, FASDIN, Arkansas Renal Group, PA, Hot Springs, AR
Jalal Hakmei, MD, FASDIN, SouthWest Atlanta Vascular Care, Lithonia GA, Atlanta, GA
Cesar Hernandez-Arroyo, MD, FASDIN, Kidney Health Services LLC, San Juan, PR
KMLST Moorthi, MBBS,MD, FACP, FASN, FASDIN, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Phani Morisetti, MD, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Gregory Patterson, MD, FACS, CWS, GA Kidney & Hypertension Clinic, Thomasville, GA
Charalampos Plessias, MD, DHMC, Lebanon, NH
Sandipan Shringi, MD, Brown University Program, Providence, RI
Vijay Sreenarasimhaiah, MD, FASDIN, Houston Nephrology Group, Houston, TX

Fellows Education Committee
Chair: Mukesh Sharma, MD, MS, FASN, FACP, FASDIN, Sierra Nevada Nephrology Consultants, Reno, NV
Advisor: Dalia Dawoud, MD, FASDIN, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Jacques Abi Rached, MD, FASDIN, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Riyadh Al-Saegh, FRCP, FABM, FIBMS, University of Kerbala College of Medicine, Karbala, Iraq
Cesar Hernandez-Arroyo, MD, FASDIN, Kidney Health Services LLC, San Juan, PR
Hemant Mehta, MD, DM (Neph), DNB (Neph), FASDIN, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
KMLST Moorthi, MBBS, MD, FACP, FASN, FASDIN, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Phani Morisetti, MD, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Sohaib Zahid, MD, Renal Associates/ STAR Vascular Access Center, San Antonio, TX 

Finance Committee
Chair:Dalia Dawoud, MD, FASDIN, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Rajeev Narayan, MD, FASDIN, San Antonio Kidney Disease Access Center, San Antonio, TX
Daniel Patel, MD, FASDIN, Volusia-Flagler Vascular Center, Daytona Beach, FL
Prateek Sanghera, MD, Nevada Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center, Las Vegas, NV

Industry Relations Committee
Chair: Saravanan Balamuthusamy, MD, FASN, FASDIN, PPG Health, PA, Southlake, TX
Alejandro Alvarez, MD, Azura Vascular Care STL, Chesterfield, MO
Mark London, MD, FASDIN, Dialysis Access Institute of MUSC Health, Orangeburg, SC
Neghae Mawla, MD, FASDIN, Advanced Dialysis Institute, Parker, TX
Rajeev Narayan, MD, FASDIN, San Antonio Kidney Disease Access Center, San Antonio, TX

International Outreach and Development Committee
Chair: Fawad Qureshi, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, Glenview, IL
Vice Chair: Hemant Mehta, MD, DM (Neph), DNB (Neph), FASDIN, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Jacques Abi Rached, MD, FASDIN, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Riyadh Al-Saegh, FRCP (London), FABM, FIBMS (Nephro), University of Kerbala College of Medicine, Karbala, Iraq
Bakhtiar Mohamad Amin, MD, FASDIN, Azura Vascular Care of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Elias Bahta, MD, Bridgeville, PA
Dalia Dawoud, MD, FASDIN, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Fateh Entabi, MD, CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulare, CA
Bernardo Moguel Gonzalez, MD, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Ngozi Okoba, MD, FASDIN, RGV Vascular Access Center, Brownsville, TX
Hoon Suk Park, MD, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
Robert Shahverdyan, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt Health, Nashville, TN
Mohamed Sheta, MD, FASN, FASDIN, Houston Kidney Specialists, Houston, TX
David Voss, FRACP FASDIN, Middlemore Hospital, Kohimarama, New Zealand

Membership Committee
Chair: Lalathaksha Kumbar, MBBS,MD, FASDIN, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Varshi Broumand, MD, FASDIN, South Texas Renal Care Group, San Antonio, TX
Ammar Almehmi, MD, MPH, FASN, FASDIN, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Ramanakumar Anam, MD, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Debbie Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, Lansdale, PA
Forest Rawls, CCHT, Emory Dialysis Clinic, Atlanta, GA
Rishi Razdan, MD, Azura, Jacksonville, FL
Sandipan Shringi, MD, Brown University Program, Providence, RI

Nominating Committee
Chair: Bharat Sachdeva, MD, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA
Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN, FNKF, FASDIN, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Amy Dwyer, MD, FASDIN, University of Louisville Hospital IN Center, Louisville, KY

Research Committee
Chair: Shouwen Wang, MD, PhD, FASN, FASDIN, AKDHC Surgery Centers, Phoenix, AZ
Vice Chair: Viraj Pandit, MD, RPVI, Central California Veteran Affairs Healthcare, Fresno, CA
Advisor: Karthik Ramani, MD,MBA, MHA,FASDIN,FASN,FACP, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ammar Almehmi, MD, MPH, FASN, Birmingham, AL
Arif Asif, MD, FASN, FNKF, FASDIN, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, FL
Saravanan Balamuthusamy, MD, FASN, FASDIN, PPG Health, PA, Southlake, TX
Jie Cui, FASDIN, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Boston, MA
Akhil Hegde, MD, ABIM, ABIM, ASDIN, North Carolina Nephrology, PA, Raleigh, NC
Dirk Hentschel, MD, FASDIN, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Renal Division, Boston, MA
Danny Issa, MD, FASDIN, MUSC Health - Dialysis Access Institute, Orangeburg, SC
Ryan Mullane, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Sivaramakrishnan Ramanarayana, SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY
Loay Salman, MD, MBA, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
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, FRACP FASDIN, Middlemore Hospital, Kohimarama, New Zealand

Social Media and Communications Committee
Chair:Dalia Dawoud, MD, FASDIN, Nephrology Medical Associates, Riverside, CA
Advisor: Brian Rifkin, MD, FASDIN, Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS
Akbar Khan, MD, I-Vascular Center, El Paso, TX
Edgar Lerma, MD, FACP, FASN, FASDIN,  Associates in Nephrology, Riverside, IL
Shikha Shailly, MBBS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Surgical Liaison Committee
Chair: Vicki Teodorescu, MD MBA RVT, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Vice Chair: Mark London, MD, FASDIN, Dialysis Access Institute of MUSC Health, Orangeburg, SC
Wesley Gabbard, MD, Arteries & Veins, Hermitage, TN
Karl Illig, MD, Flow Vascular, Pasadena, TX
John Lucas, MD, FACS, FSVS, Greenwood Leflore Hospital, Greenwood, MS
Rick Mishler, MD, FASDIN, AKDHC, Phoenix, AZ
Gregory Patterson, MD, FACS, CWS, GA Kidney & Hypertension Clinic, Thomasville, GA
John Ross, MD, FASDIN, MUSC Health - Dialysis Access Institute, Orangeburg, SC
Robert Shahverdyan, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Vijay Sreenarasimhaiah, MD, FASDIN, Houston Nephrology Group, Houston, TX
Tze Woei Tan, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Training and Workforce Committee
Chair: Sayee Sundar Alagusundaramoorthy, MD, FASDIN, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Vice Chair: Sean Kalloo, MBA,MD, FASDIN, Columbia University, New York, NY
Atlee Baker, MD, MPH, Washington University at St. Louis, Ann Arbor, MI
Akbar Khan, MD, I-Vascular Center, El Paso, TX
Ajay Kumar, MD, Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Associates, Baltimore, MD
Bharvi Oza-Gajera, MD, FASDIN, UC Health University of Cincinnati Physicians, Montgomery, OH
Charalampos Plessias, MD, DHMC, Lebanon, NH
Shikha Shailly, MBBS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI