NKFMDDE Staff
Sandy Boesenberg
Office Manager
433.322.0373 (direct line)
410.494.8545 x433
Pattie Dash
Executive Director
443.322.0378 (direct line)
410.494.8545 x431
410.961.1644 (c)
Kenya DeLouis
Director, Development
443.322.0377 (direct line)
410.494.8545 x439
Kristy Ferracci
Community Outreach Assistant, Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware
302.344.9674 (c)
Jaclyn Rodriguez
Development Manager
443.322.0374 (direct line)
410.494.8454 x432
Nicole Scharf
Associate Executive Director, Eastern Shore of Maryland & Delaware
410.494.8546
410.726.8732 (c)
Advisory Board of Directors
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
NKFMDDE Patient Advocate
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, MD, 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.
Mike Rolfes
Vice President, Sales
1Rivet
Greg Hoey
Regional Account Leader
AstraZeneca
* denotes Executive Committee Member
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
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
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
Delaware Leadership Committee
Prayus Tailor, MD
Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
Nephrology Associates, PA
Nephrologist
Joshua Zaritsky
Co-Chair, Delaware Leadership Committee
PCMG
Pediatric Nephrologist
John Swanson, MD
Natera
Regional Medical Director
Transplant Surgeon, Retired
Joanne Smith
Fresenius Kidney Care
Kidney Care Advocate
Kelly Morgan, MPH
State of Delaware
Recovery Management Program Director
Office of the Lt. Governor
Jason Rolls
ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant
Transplant Surgeon
Nicole Keller
Otsuka
Health Science Advisor
Sharon Franceschini
ChristianaCare Kidney Transplant
Outreach Coordinator