KHI Board of Directors and Federal Liaisons
Disclosures as of September 2021 can be found here.
Uptal D. Patel, MD, Chair
Uptal Patel is Chief Medical Officer at HI-Bio. Prior to HI-Bio, he was the Head of Clinical Renal and Exec...
Read BioKristen Miller, PharmD
Kristen Miller is a Health Scientist Policy Analyst in the Office of Medical Policy (OMP) in the Center fo...
Read BioJorge Cerda, MD, MS, FASN
Professor Jorge Cerda, MD, MS, FACP, FASN Prof. Cerda was born and raised in Uruguay, and currently resides...
Read BioVanessa A. Evans, MA
Vanessa Evans has been on dialysis for over 26 years and lives in Boston, MA with her husband and two sons....
Read BioJennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, FASN
Dr. Flythe is a nephrologist and clinical investigator at the ...
Read BioKevin John Fowler
Kevin Fowler has over 30 years of Life Sciences experience in pharmaceutical organizations both commercia...
Read BioAmanda Grandinetti, MPH
Amanda Grandinetti, MPH is a research methodologist, a current Ph.D. candidate in health sciences for patie...
Read BioNicolas Jose Guzman, MD
Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D. has been the Director of Nephrology Clinical Research at AstraZeneca since 2014. He...
Read BioMeg Jardine, MBBS, PhD
Professor Meg Jardine is the Director of the CTC and Lead of Kidney Health Research. Her research has focus...
Read BioAnnamaria T. Kausz, MD, MS
Kausz, MD, MS is a nephrologist and pediatric nephrologist with an extensive background in evidence-based r...
Read BioVandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN
Vandana Dua Niyyar is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and has received the Clinical Dis...
Read BioIkenna Okezie, MD, MBA
Ikenna Okezie, MD, MBA is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Somatus, the market leader in val...
Read BioRobert M. Perkins, MD, MPH
In my current role as Vice President of the US Cardiorenal team at Bayer, I lead a team of medical director...
Read BioGlenda V. Roberts
Prior to joining the UW Center for Dialysis Innovation and Kidney Research Institute as the Director of Ext...
Read BioBruce M. Robinson, MD, MS, FASN
Bruce Robinson, MD, MS, FASN, has been Vice President of Clini...
Read BioAlain Romero, PharmD, PhD
Alain is currently Senior Vice President of L-GBT Medical Affairs at Pfizer. He has over 30 years of experi...
Read BioBrigitte Schiller, MD, FASN
Dr. Schiller is the SVP, Medical Officer Home Therapies at Fresenius Medical Care. From 2012-2022 she serve...
Read BioAmit Sharma, MD, FASN
Dr Sharma serves currently as the Vice President of Medical Affairs, Cardiovascular and Renal Division for ...
Read BioRobert A. Star, MD
As director of the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, Dr. Star is responsible for mana...
Read BioHoward Trachtman, MD, FASN
I attended Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. I completed my residency t...
Read BioAliza M. Thompson, MD, MS
Aliza Thompson is Deputy Director of the Division of Cardiology and Nephrology, Center for Drug Evaluation ...
Read BioCelia Witten, MD, PhD
Celia M. Witten, Ph.D., M. D. is the Director of the Office of Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapy at the Cen...
Read BioLinda F. Fried, MD, MPH, FASN
Linda Fried, MD, MPH, FASN, is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Clinical & Translational Science at...
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