13th Annual
Southwest Nephrology
Conference
 

Faculty

Laurie Carlson, NP
UCSF Department of Surgery
San Francisco, CA

Harini Chakkera, MD
Mayo Clinic, Phoenix Campus
Phoenix, AZ

Alfred Cheung, MD
Internist, Nephrologist
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

Robert Cohen, MD
Southwest Kidney Institute  - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ

Jean Colaneri, NP
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY

Ram Dukkipati, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Torrance, CA

Guillermo Garcia, MD
University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

James Ivie, PhD, LCSW, ACSW
National Kidney Foundation of Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

Tun Jie, MD
University of Arizona Department of Surgery
Tuscon, AZ

Bruce Kaplan, MD
Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology     
University of Arizona 
Tucson, AZ
Tom Lepetich, MSW
DSI—Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Andrew Narva, MD
NIDDK, National Institues of Health
Bethesda, MD

Priya Radhakrishnan, MD
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Department of Internal Medicine
Phoenix, AZ

Tim Schmaltz, MSW
Protecting Arizona’s Families Coalition
Phoenix, AZ

Kumar Sharma, MD
U C San Diego School of Medicine
Division of Nephrology  - Hypertension
La Jolla, CA

Kay Smith, MSW
DCI / Desert Dialysis
Tuscon, AZ

Harold Szerlip, MD
Nephrology & Critical Care—UPHH
Tuscon, AZ

Charlie Thomas, LCSW, ACSW
Samaritan Transplant Center
Phoenix, AZ

Kris Vijay, MD
Medical Director, CV Research
Scottsdale Healthcare
Scottsdale, AZ

Melanie Mitros, PhD
Arizona Living Well Institute
Apache Junction, AZ


Planning Committee


Dan Walton, DO – Chairman Nandini Sharma, MD – Program Director  
Faye Allison, MSW Sandra Coorough, LCSW Esther Nera, RN
Jenny Bell, BSN, RN, CNN, CCTC Diana Fisher, RD Valerie Roanhorse, MSW
Jason Bodner, MMS, PA-C Karen Hall, RD Darlene Rodgers, BSN, RN, CNN
Lee Cauble, RN Raymond Heilman, MD Madelyn Ruocco, RN
Harini Chakkera, MD Laura Holden, MBA, RD, CSR Harold Szerlip, MD
Nance Conney James Ivie, PhD, LCSW, ACSW Charlie Thomas, LCSW, ACSW
  Susana Myung, MD  


 
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