Fellowship of the National Kidney Foundation Inductees

Congratulations FNKF Inductees!

The FNKF recognizes professionals for their educational activities and community service in promoting the mission of the National Kidney Foundation. Thank you for your service!

Khaled Abdel-Kader, MD, FNKF
Ezzedine Abderrahim, Prof., FNKF
Konstantin Abramov, MD, FNKF
Sreedhar Adapa, MD, FNKF
Narothama Reddy Aeddula, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF
Alok Agarwal, MD, FNKF
Anil Agrawal, MD, FNKF
Krishna Agarwal MD, FNKF
Sunil Agrawal, MD, FNKF
Ayoola Akinbamowo, MD, FNKF
Manju Alex, MD, FNKF
Fadel Al-Rowaie, MD, FNKF
Hala Alshayeb, MD, FNKF
Mohammed Alzubaidi, MD, FNKF
Sanjeev Anand, MD, FNKF
Ehteshamul Anjum, MD, FNKF
Pavan Annamaraju, MD, FASN, FNKF
Fareed Ahmed Arif, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF
Carolyn Atkins, BS, RN, CCTC, FNKF
Uma Mahesh Avula, FNKF
Olurotimi Badero, MD, FNKF
Rasheed Balogun, MD, FNKF
Atul Bali, MD, CHS, FASN, FNKF
Vinod Bansal, MD, FNKF
Manasi Bapat, MD, FNKF
Christine Barrett, MS, RD, LD, FNKF
Nicole Bates, APRN, MSN, CNN, FNKF
George Bayliss, MD, FNKF
Leah Beaird, MS, RD, FNKF
Laurence Beck, MD, PhD, FNKF
Bryan Becker, MD, FNKF
Gavin Becker, MD, FNKF
Marie Becker, MS, RD, LDN, FNKF
Kelly Beers, DO, FNKF
Mary Behren, MD, FNKF
Christine Benedetti, RD, FNKF
Laurie Benton, PA-C, FNKF
Jeffrey Berns, MD, FNKF
Melanie Betz, MS, RD, CSR, FAND, FNKF
Colleen Elizabeth Bewley, RD, LD, FNKF
Zeenat Bhat, MD, FNKF
Jasvinder Bhatia, MD, FNKF
Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD, FNKF
Joseph Bonventre, MD, PhD, FNKF
Subhasish Bose, MD, FNKF
Rebecca Boyle, PA, FNKF
Gretchen Brandt, MD, FNKF
Jennifer Brouwer, RN, CNN, FNKF
Debbie J. Brouwer-Maier, RN, CNN, FNKF
Betty Brown, LMSW, FNKF
Christopher Brown, MD, FNKF
Robert Brown, MD, FNKF
Susan E. Brown, MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FNKF
Wendy Weinstock Brown, MD, MPH, FNKF
Jennifer Bruns, LMSW, FNKF
Lauren Budd Levy, MS, RDN, CSR, FNKF
Kevin Burns, Sr., CBHT, CHT, FNKF
Jerrilynn Burrowes, PhD, RD, CDN, FNKF
Laura Byham-Gray, PhD, RD, CDN, FNKF
Molly Cahill, NP, FNKF
Katrina Campbell, PhD, FNKF
Katie Cardone, PharmD, FNKF
Laurence Carroll, MD, FNKF
Kerri Cavanaugh, MD, FNKF
Kevin Ceckowski, MSW, LMSW, FNKF
Maria Chan, PhD, AdvAPD, FNKF
Micah Chan, MD, FNKF
Wing Lam Winnie Chan, PhD, RD, FNKF
Jyotin Chandarana, MD, FNKF
Tara Chang, MD, MD, FNKF
Chandra Kanth Chaturvedula, MD, FNKF
Daranee Chewaproug, DO, FNKF
Michael Choi, MD, FNKF
Tushar Chopra, MD, FNKF
Barbara Clark, MD, FNKF
Teresa Close, RN, FNKF
Carolyn Cochran RDN, LD, MS, CDE
Robert Cohen, MD, FNKF
Danilo Concepcion, CBNT, CCHT, FNKF
Della Connor PhD, FNP-BC, FNKF
Matthew Cooper, MD, FNKF
Christine Corbett, MSN, AP-RN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF
Deborah Cote, MSN, RN, CNN, NE-BC, FNKF
Andrew Crannage, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF
Susan Crowley, MD, MBA, FNKF
Chantale Daifi, PharmD, FNKF
Mahesh Dangal, MD, FNKF
Jacques Daoud, MD, FNKF
Jane Davis, DNP, CRNP, FNKF
Nikeyia Davis, MBA-HCM, MSN, AGPCNP-C, CNN, FNKF
Kim Deaver, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF
Andrea DeKam, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Cynthia Delgado, MD, FNKF
Maria DeVita, MD, FNKF
Sheila Deziel, MSN, RN, CNN, FNKF
Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, MHS, FNKF
Darlene Dobkowski, PA-C, RN, FNKF
Mohankumar Doraiswamy, MD, FASN               
Quanta Duncan, RDN, FNKF
Muhammad Ebrahim, MD, FNKF
Elizabeth Evans, DNP, FNKF
Osama El Shamy, MD, FNKF
Stephen Fadem, MD, FNKF
Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR, FASN, FNKF
Catherine Firanek, BSN, MBA, FNKF
Fernando Hassan Fehmi, MD, FNKF
Fernando Fervenza, MD, FNKF
Jeffrey Fink, MD, FNKF
Catherine Firanek, BSN, MBA, FNKF
Steven Fishbane, MD, FNKF
Denis Fouque, MD, PhD, FNKF
Chester Fox, MD, FNKF
George Francos, MD, FNKF
Linda Fried, MD, FNKF
Allon Friedman, MD, FASN, FNKF
Melissa Fry, MSW, FNKF
Masafumi Fukagawa, MD, FNKF
Susan Furth, MD, PhD, FNKF
Lynne Gafford, NP, FNKF
Pulkit Gandhi, MD, FNKF
Jorge Garces, MD, FNKF
Guillermo Garcia Garcia, MD, FNKF
Arvind K. Garg MD, FNKF
Kumar Gaurav, MD, FNKF
Charles George, MD, FNKF
Deb Gipson, MD, FNKF
Joel Glickman, MD, FNKF
Narender Goel MD, FNKF
Catherine Goeddeke-Merickel, MS, RD, LD, FNKF
David Goldfarb, MD, FNKF
Stuart Goldstein, MD, FNKF
Jordi Goldstein-Fuchs, DSc, APRN-C, RD, FNKF
Janelle Gonyea, RDN, FNKF
Amit Govil, MD, FNKF
Karen Greathouse, RD, FNKF
Erika Green, RDN, FNKF
Larry Greenbaum, MD, PhD, FNKF
Raquel Greer, MD, MHS, FNKF
Murilo Guedes, MD, PhD, FNKF
Prakash Gudsoorkar, MD, FNKF
Aditi Gupta, MD, FNKF
Arti Gupta, MD, FNKF
Lisa Gutekunst, MSEd, RD, FNKF
Kristen Hackey, RD/N, CSR, LD, FNKF
Danny Haddad, MD, FNKF
Debra Hain, PhD, APRN, ANP, GNP, FNKF
Haewook Han, PhD, RD, CSR, LDN, FNKF
Ramy Hanna, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF
Jeff Harder, MSW, LICSW, FNKF
Mohamed Hassanein MD, FNKF
Azzour Hazzan, MD, FNKF
Lisa Hedin, RN, BSN, FNKF
Mary Kay Hensley, RD, FNKF
Kathleen Hill Gallant PhD, RD, FNKF
Joanne Hindlet, ACNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF
Laura Holden, MBA, RD, CSR, FNKF
Kathy Houle, NP, FNKF
Jill Danielle Hoyt, FNKF
Chi-yuan Hsu, MD, FNKF
Susie Hu, MD, FNKF
Joanna Hudson, PharmD, FNKF
Jason Huff, RN, FNKF
Talat Ikizler, MD, FNKF
Kunitoshi Iseki, MD, FNKF
Dany Issa, MD, FNKF
Bernard Jaar, MD, MPH, FNKF
Bertrand Jaber, MD, FNKF
Khushleen Jaggi, MD, FNKF
Deepika Jain MD, FNKF
Golby Jalali, PharmD, FNKF
Aimee Jaremowicz, RD, FNKF
Kenar Jhaveri, MD, FNKF
Ruba A. Jibreen, MS, RD, CSR, MBA, FNKF 
Kirsten Jensen, DNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF
Elizabeth Jones, MSW, LCSW, FNKF
Shelba Jones, CHT, MPA, FNKF
Shivam Joshi, MD, FNKF
Jaya Kala, MD, FNKF
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, FNKF
Kartik Kalra, FNKF
Lakshmi Kannan FNKF
Sam Kant, MD, FNKF
Alison Kaprove, MS, PA-C, CAQ, FNKF
Ayman Karkar, MD, FNKF
Federick Kaskel, MD, PhD, FNKF
Hania Kassem, MD, FNKF
Pranay Kathuria, MD, FNKF
Pascale Khairallah, MD, FNKF
Adnan Khan, MD, FNKF
Paul Kellerman, MD, FNKF
Judy Kirk, RD, FNKF
Brandon Kistler, BS, MS, RD, PhD, FNKF
Jeffrey Kopp, MD, FNKF
Joel Kopple, MD, FNKF
Nelson Kopyt, DO, FNKF
Paul Kovach, MD, FNKF
Holly Kramer, MD, MPH, FNKF
Marisol Kramer, RD, LDN, FNKF
Joseph Chin-Chi Kuo, MD, PhD, MPH, FNKF
Raghuveer Kura, MD, FNKF
Eduardo Lacson, MD, FNKF
Matilde E. Ladnier, FNKF
Nadiya Lakhani, RDN, CSR, LD, FNKF
Douglas Lanier, MD, FNKF
Christina Lankhorst, MD, FNKF
Meredith Larsen, MS, RDN, LD, FNKF
Kayode Lawrence, MD, FNKF
Brian Lee, MD, FNKF
Timmy Lee, MD, MSPH, FNKF
David Leehey, MD, FNKF
Edgar Lerma, MD, FNKF
David Levenson, MD, FNKF
Andrew Levey, MD, FNKF
Philip Li, MD, FNKF
Carol Lim FNKF
Denise Link, MPAS, PA-C, FNKF
Michael Lipkowitz, MD, FNKF
Charmaine Lok, MD, FNKF
Joshua E. Lowentritt, MD, FASN, FNKF
Erik Lum, MD, FNKF
Victoria Lydeen, MS, RDN, LDN, CSR, FNKF 
Adit Mahale, MD, FNKF
Diane Mahbod MD, FASN, FNKF
Rachel Majorowicz, RD, FNKF
Kunal Malhotra, MD, FNKF
Samir Mallat, MD, FNKF
Kathleen Mallett, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNN-NP, FNKF
Sai Sudha Mannemuddhu, MD, FAAP, FASN, FNKF
Meredith Marinaro, MS, RD, CSR, FNKF
Mariana Markell, MD, FNKF
Melinda Martin-Lester, RN, BA, CNN, CHC, FNKF
Nancy Mason, PharmD, FNKF
Mohit Mathur MD, FNKF
Jennifer McClain MSW, LSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Kathleen T. McCoy, DNSc, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNKF 
Rita McGill, MD, FNKF
Iris McDuffie, RDN, FNKF
Teresa Mclemore, PA-C, FNKF
Daniel Mead, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C, FNKF
Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, FNKF
Tina Melanson, MD, FNKF
Kathy Merritt, LCSW, FNKF
Sergio Mezzano, MD, FNKF
Jill Miller, RD, LDN, FNKF
Jennifer A. Miller, MSW, LICSW, FNKF
Neal Mittman, MD, FNKF
Dinushika Mohottige, MD, MPH, FNKF
Ellis Avery Morrow, DCN, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Beth Morlang, RD, LD, FNKF
Tariq Mubin, MD, FNKF
Bruce Mueller, PharmD, FNKF
Dorothy Muench, MSW, LCSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Heather Muster MD, FNKF
Nimish Naik, MD, FNKF
Devika Nair, MD, MSCI, FNKF
Mihran Naljayan, MD, FNKF
Mohanram Narayanan, MD, FNKF
Deepak Nandikanti, MD,FNKF
Khaled Nashar, MD, FNKF
Julius Sumang Navarro, RDN, CSR, CNSC, LD, FAND, FNKF
Becky Ness, PA-C, FNKF
Marianne Neumann, RN, CNN, FNKF
Susanne Nicholas, MD, MPH, PhD, FNKF
Allen Nissenson, MD, FNKF
Vandana Niyyar, MD, FNKF
Kristen Nonahal, RD, FNKF
Uday Nori MD, FNKF
James Novak MD, PhD, FNKF
Gail P. Nylin, MSW, LICSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Maureen O'Grady-Hamre, LCSW, NSW-C, BCD, FNKF
Paul Olson, MD, FNKF
Ifeanyi Onor, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF
Jo Ann Otts, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FNKF
David Owshalimpur, MD, FNKF
Rory Pace, MPH, RD, CSR, FAND, FNKF
Amy Pai, PharmD, FNKF
Paul Palevsky, MD, FNKF
Shika Pappoe, MD, FNKF
Lisa Parnell, MSW, LCSW, FNKF
Chirag Parikh, MD, FNKF
Stephen Pastan, MD, FNKF
Cassandra Parker MS, RD, LD, FNKF
Krunal Patel, MD, FNKF
Niralee Patel, MD, FASN, MEd, FNKF
Tapan Patel, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF
Jessie M. Pavlinac, MS, RDN-AP, CSR, LD, FAND, FNKF
Adam Pearlman, MD, FNKF
Mark Perazella, MD, FNKF
Jeffrey Perlmutter, MD, FNKF
Ronald Perrone, MD, FNKF
Veronique Champagne Pettitt, RD, CSR, FNKF
Dwayne Pierce, PharmD, BCPS, FNKF
Anitha Philip, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FNKF
Tiffena Gail Pierce, DSW, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Kashif Piracha, MD, FNKF
Beth Piraino, MD, FNKF
Jessica Phipps, MSW, LSW, FNKF
Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, RN, FNKF
Lynn Poole FNP-BC, FNKF
Robert Provenzano, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF
Tipu Puri, MD, FNKF
Rupesh Raina, MD, FNKF
Arun Rajasekaran MD, FNKF
Kalani Raphael, MD, FNKF
Fernando Raudales, MD, FNKF
John Rausch, MD, FNKF
Forest Rawls, CCHT-A, FNKF
Snigdha Reddy, MD, FNKF
Yuvaram Reddy, MBBS, FNKF
Nathaniel Reisinger MD, FASN, FNKF
Connie Rhee, MD, FNKF
Brenda Rickards, CHT, CCHT-A, FNKF
Sherry Rivera, DNP, APRN, ANP-C
R. Brooks Robey, MD, FNKF
Rudolph Rodriguez, MD, FNKF
Helbert Rondon-Berrios, MD, ,MS, FNKF
Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE, FNKF
Raphael Rosen, MD, FNKF
Baback Roshanravan, MD, MSPH, MS, FNKF
Elanderia Rowe LMSW-IPR, NSW-C, LSSYB, FNFK
Michelle Rowlett, MSW, LICSW, FNKF
Sasmit Roy, MD, FNKF
Mario Rubin, MD, FNKF
Jesse Rungkitwattanakul, PharmD, FNKF
Lawand Saadulla, MD, FNKF
Sachin Sachdev, MD, FNKF
Joseph Sala, BSc, ED, CHT. CWS, FNKF
David Salant, MD, FNKF
Heidi Schaefer, MD, FNKF
Charles Schleifer, MD, FNKF
Michael Schwenk, PharmD, FNKF
Kelli Scott, LCSW, LMSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Jonathan Segal, MD, FNKF
Harry Senekjian, MD, FNKF
Amma Sewaah-Bonsu, DNP, NP-C, FNKF
Craig Shadur, MD, FNKF
Tariq Shafi, MBBS, MHS, FNKF
Ankur Shah, MD, FNKF
Jignesh Shah, MD, FNKF
Silvi Shah, MD, MS, FNKF
Prathap Simhadri, MD, FNKF
Beth Shanaman, RD, FNKF
Belinda Shanley, MS, RD, CD-N, FNKF
Amit Sharma, MD, FNKF
Jenny Shen, MD, FNKF
Fuad Shihab, MD, FNKF
Michael Shlipak, MD, FNKF
Mawya Shocair, MD, FNKF
Laurie Shore, MSW, LCSW, FNKF
Vernon Silva, LCSW, FNKF
Prathap Simhadri, MD, FNKF
James Simon, MD, FNKF
Matthew Robert Sinclair, MD, FNKF
Inderjit Singh, MD, FNKF
Jagmeet Singh, MD, FNKF
Cynthia Smith, DNP, CNN-NP, FNP-BC, APRN, FNKF
Leah Foster Smith, MSN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF
Kimberly Snodgrass, RDN, LD, FAND, FNKF
Karim Soliman MBBCH, MSC, PhD, FNKF
Sandeep Soman, MD, FNKF
Stephen Sozio, MD, FNKF
Matthew Sparks, MD, FNKF
John Sperati, MD, FNKF
Kathleen Speta DNP, FNP-BC, APRN, FNKF
Stuart Sprague, DO, FNKF
Leslie Spry, MD, FNKF
Wendy St. Peter, PharmD, FNKF
Gerald Stephanz, MD, FNKF
Leonard Stern, MD, FNKF
Nikki Stevenson FNKF
Jeffrey Stoff, MD, FNKF
Rachel Sturdivant, MD, FNKF
Mary Sundell, MLAS, RD, LDN, CCRP, FNKF
Harold Szerlip, MD, FNKF
Ekamol Tantisattamo, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF, FAST, FASDIN
Ahmad Tarakji, MD, FNKF
Parikshit Thakur Hameer MD, FASN, FNKF
Ravi  Thimmisetty, MD, FNKF
Charles Thomas, LCSW, ACSW, FNKF
Sofia Thomas DNP, MSN, MHA, APRN, NP-C, CPH, FNKF
June Thompson, FNKF
Yolanda Thompson-Martin, DNP, RN, ANP-C, FNKF
Arshdeep Tindni, MD, FNKF
Avram Traum, MD, FNKF
Mandy Trolinger, PA-C, FNKF
Dana Trotta, RD, CSR, LDN, FNKF
Delphine Tuot, MDCM, MAS, FNKF
Lara Tushla, LCSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FNKF
Nori Uday, MD, FNKF
Ebele Mary-Anne Umeukeje, MD, MPH, FNKF
Summer Van Arsdale RD, CSR, CCTD, LD, FNKF
Joseph Vassalotti, MD, FNKF
Judith Veis, MD, FNKF
Juan Carlos Q. Velez MD, FNKF
Paul Volek, FNKF
John Wang, MD, FNKF
Bradley Warady, MD, FNKF
Marc Weber, MD, FNKF
Daniel Weiner, MD, FNKF
Barbara Weis Malone, CFNP, FNKF
Lawrence Weisberg, MD, FNKF
Steven Weisbord, MD, FNKF
Miriam Weiss, MD, FNKF
Robert Weiss, DO, FNKF
Catherine Wells, DNP, ACNP, CNN-NP, FNKF
Adam Whaley-Connell, DO, FNKF
David Wheeler, MD, FNKF
Karen Wiesen, RD, LDN, FNKF
Katy Wilkens, RD, FNKF
Laura Willis, MSN, RN-CDN, FNKF
William A. Wilmer, MD, FNKF
Susan P. Y Wong, FNKF
Anju Yadav, MD, FASN, FNKF
Jerry Yee, MD, FNKF
Bessie Young MD, MPH, FNKF
Victor Yu, PhD, RD, MPH, BC-ADM, FNKF
Melvin Yudis, MD, FNKF
Sharon Zalemski, MS, RD, CDN, CSR, FNKF
Joshua Zaritsky, MD, PhD, FNKF
Jessica Zeman, APSW, NSW-C, FNKF
Sijie Zheng, MD, PhD, FNKF
Carmine Zoccali, MD, FNKF
Kim Zuber, PA-C, FNKF

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