Conference Chair
Ramesh Khanna, MD
Conference Chair; Peritoneal Dialysis Co-Chair
Chair in Nephrology, Director, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
Program Director
Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, BSHM, RN, CNN
Education Coordinator, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
Hemodialysis Chair
Madhukar Misra, MD, FRCP (UK)
Hemodialysis Chair
Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
Peritoneal Dialysis Chair
Ramesh Khanna, MD
Conference Chair; Peritoneal Dialysis Co-Chair
Chair in Nephrology, Director, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
NAC Program
Matthew Oliver, MD MHS, FRCPC
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Nursing and Health-Related Programs
Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, BSHM, RN, CNN
Education Coordinator, Division of Nephrology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri
Pediatric Co-Chairs
Steven R. Alexander, MD
Pediatric Co-Chair
Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Pediatric Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Bradley Warady, MD
Pediatric Co-Chair
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Planning Committee
LaVonne Burrows, APRN, BC, CNN – Springfield, MO
Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, CS, ANP – St. Louis, MO
Amy Nau, MBA, MSN, RN, CNN – Kansas City, MO
Alicia Neu, MD – Baltimore, MD
Joanna Neumann, RN, CNN – San Jose, CA
Nonnie Polderman, RD – Vancouver, BC-CA
Franz Schaefer, MD – Heidelberg, Germany
Beth Witten, MSW ACSW LSCSW – Kansas City, MO
Conference Planning and Logistics
Claire Oser
Administrative Assistant
University of Missouri Department of Medicine
Columbia, Missouri
Kelly Gregory
Director of Professional Education
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
Megan Finnegan
Project Director
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
Karen Rhodes
Program Project Support Coordinator II
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
Birda Lewis
Office Support Assistant II
University of Missouri St. Louis
Missouri Institute of Mental Health
