Faculty

Tracy Anderson-Haag, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Transplantation; Residency Program Director, PGY-2 Solid Organ Transplant, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN (Session 232)

Donna Bednarski, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CNN, CNP, Nurse Practitioner, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI (Sessions 143, 310)

Jennifer Branch, DNP, APRN, NP-C, CCTC (Session 153)

Margaret Clark, DNP, APRN-BC, Nurse Practitioner in Nephrology, Corewell Health, Royal Oak, MI (Session 302)

Christine Corbett, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNN-NP, FNKF, Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Advanced Practice Providers; Nurse Practitioner, Renal Palliative Care; Chair, Nursing Wellness Committee, University Health Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO (Sessions 153, 301)

Jane Davis, DNP, CRNP, Nurse Practitioner, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (Session 303)

Anne Diroll, RN, CNN, Instructor, Dialysis Education Services, Bellflower, CA (Session 252)

Louisa Freiberger, RN, CDN, Area Manager of Education, Liberty Administrative Services, Anchorage, AK (Session 151)

Trisha Fuhrman, MS, RDN, LD, FAND, FASPEN, Clinical Liaison Lead, Pentec Health, Inc., Glen Mills, PA (Session 231)

Nieltje Gedney, BA, Executive Director, Home Dialyzors United, Kearneysville, WV (Session 110)

Debra Hain, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FNKF, Professor and DNP Program Director, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (Session 123)

Emel Hamilton, DrMed, MSN/INF, CNN, Vice President, Global Leaders of Clinical Systems, Fresenius Medical Care, Waltham, MA (Session 251)

Angelica Hardee, PhD, CHES, Vice President, Health Strategies, American Heart Association, Cincinnati, OH (Session 233)

Michele Hofmann, BSN, RN, CNN, Contractor with Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL (Session 020)

Judy Kauffman, DNP, MSN, RN, CNN, Nurse Manager, Acute Dialysis and Apheresis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Session 010)

Zorica Kauric-Klein, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Oakland University, Rochester, MI (Session 240)

Beverly Kenna, BSN, RN, CNN, Executive PD Clinical Specialist, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL (Session 020)

Larry Kessler, ScD, Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Session 210)

Lisa Zokas Kindy, JD, Attorney, Self-Employed, Tampa, FL (Session 141)

Lisa Koenig, RN, Senior Patient Safety Manager, Fresenius Medical Care, Kalamazoo, MI (Session 152)

Angela Kurosaka, DNP, RN, CNN, CCM, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President, Value Based Care, US Renal Care, Columbiana, AL (Session 010)

Kimberly Lambertson, MSN, RN, CNN, Executive PD Clinical Specialist, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL (Session 020)

Kristin Larson, MSN, RN, AGNP-BC, CNN, Salt Lake City, UT (Sessions 141, 151)

Robert Loeper, MBA, PMP, Vice President, Operations Support, Business Continuity/Disaster Response, Fresenius Kidney Care, Waltham, MA (Session 320)

Rebecca Maxson, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Clinical Professor, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, Birmingham, AL (Session 303)

Naomi Opitz, BSN, RN, CDN, Senior Patient Safety Manager, Fresenius Medical Care, Minnetonka, MN (Session 152)

Donna Painter, MS, BSN, RN, CNN, Nurse Surveyor, National Dialysis Accreditation Commission, Corsicana, TX (Session 143)

Patricia Patterson, BSN, RN, Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse, DaVita, Aurora, CO (Session 110)

Amber Paulus, PhD, RN, CPHQ, CPPS, Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, VA (Session 010)

Jennifer Payton, MHCA, BSN, RN, CNN, Surveyor, National Dialysis Accreditation Commission, Goose Creek, SC (Session 010)

Mary Schira, PhD, RN, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (Session 142)

Felicia Speed, PhD, LMSW, Vice President of Social Work Services, Fresenius Kidney Care, Greenville, SC (Session 010)

Jim Twaddell, Senior Policy Advisor, Venable, LLC, Washington, DC (Session 310)

Teresa Villaran, MS, MSN, CNN, CNE(ret), CCRN(alumnus), Charge Nurse, Incenter Hemodialysis, Fresenius Kidney Care, Lexington, KY (Session 143)

Susan Walker, BS, RN, Territory Manager, Fresenius Vascular Care, Charlotte, NC (Session 122)

Leah Wayner, MSN, ACNP, CNN-NP, Nurse Practitioner, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Session 121)

Pamela Wegienka, BSN, RN, CNN, Executive PD Clinical Specialist, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, IL (Session 020)

Wendy Wright, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP, Adult/Family Nurse Practitioner, Wright & Associates Family Healthcare, Amherst, NH (Session 253)