Conference Chair
Ramesh Khanna, MD
Conference Chair; Peritoneal Dialysis Co-Chair
Professor, Director, Chair – the Karl D Nolph, MD Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine – School of Medicine
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
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Program Director
Chair, Nursing and Interdisciplinary Programs
Leonor Ponferrada, BSN, BSHM, RN, CNN
Education Coordinator – the Karl D Nolph, MD Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine – School of Medicine
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Hemodialysis Chair
Madhukar Misra, MD, FRCP (UK)
Hemodialysis Chair
Professor – the Karl D Nolph, MD Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine – School of Medicine
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
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Peritoneal Dialysis Chairs
Ramesh Khanna, MD
Peritoneal Dialysis Chair
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ISPD, North American Chapter (NAC) Program
Matthew Oliver, MD MHS, FRCPC
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Pediatric Co-Chairs
Steven R. Alexander, MD
Professor and Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford, California
Bradley Warady, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Director, Division of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation
Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri
Jessica Geer, MSN, C-PNP, CNN-NP, RN
Nurse Practitioner
Texas Children’s Hospital
Instructor, Renal Services, Dept. of Pediatrics
Team Lead- Renal Advanced Practice Providers
Baylor College of Medicine
Planning Committee
LaVonne Burrows, APRN, BC, CNN – Springfield, MO
Kunal Chaudhary, MD– Columbia, MO
Laura Hesemann, MD– Columbia, MO
Lisa Koester, MSN, RN, CS, ANP – St. Louis, MO
Kunal Malhotra, MBBS, MD, FAGE – Columbia, 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
Michael Shoemaker-Moyle, MD– Columbia, MO
Kurt Tarwater, MD– Columbia, MO
Kirsten Thompson, MPH, RDN, CSR, CD – Seattle, WA
Beth Witten, MSW ACSW LSCSW – Kansas City, MO
Preethi Yerram, MD, MD, FASN – Columbia, 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