KHI Board of Directors
Disclosures as of January 2021 can be found here.
Raymond C. Harris, MD, FASN, Co-Chair
Raymond C. Harris, MD, FASN, is a graduate of Yale College and...
Read Bio
Paul T. Conway
Mr. Conway is Chair of Policy & Global Affairs, and Immediate Past President, of the American Association o...
Read Bio
Bruce F Culleton, MD
Dr. Culleton serves as Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of CVS Kidney Care, a subsidiary of CVS Hea...
Read Bio
Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, FASN
Dr. Flythe is a nephrologist and clinical investigator at the ...
Read Bio
Kevin John Fowler
Kevin Fowler has over 30 years of Life Sciences experience in pharmaceutical organizations both commercia...
Read Bio
Barbara S. Gillespie, MD, FASN
Barbara S. Gillespie, MD, MMS, FASN, is a board-certified nephrologist who completed her residency in inter...
Read Bio
Nicolas Jose Guzman, MD
Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D. has been the Director of Nephrology Clinical Research at AstraZeneca since 2014. He...
Read Bio
Meg J. Jardine, MBBS, PhD
Meg Jardine is a clinician researcher developing a program of research exploring the cardiovascular and oth...
Read Bio
Annamaria T. Kausz, MD, MS
Annamaria Kausz, MD, MS is a nephrologist and pediatric nephrologist with an extensive background in eviden...
Read Bio
Jeffrey Lawson, MD, PhD
Jeffrey H. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D. is Humacyte’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He is a physician-scien...
Read Bio
Kristen Miller, PharmD
Kristen Miller is a Health Scientist Policy Analyst in the Office of Medical Policy (OMP) in the Center fo...
Read Bio
Carolyn Y. Neuland, PhD
Dr. Carolyn Y. Neuland is the Chief of the Renal Devices Branch (RNDB), Division of Reproductive, Gastro-Re...
Read Bio
Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD, FASN
Dr. Niyyar is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Emory Universit...
Read Bio
Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD, PhD, FASN
Dr. Tom Nolin is Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Pro...
Read Bio
Ikenna Okezie, MD, MBA
Ikenna Okezie, MD, MBA is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Somatus, the market leader in val...
Read Bio
Uptal D. Patel, MD
Uptal Patel, MD, Senior Director, Inflammation & Respiratory Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences. Dr. Patel atten...
Read Bio
Meda E. Pavkov, MD, PhD
Dr. Pavkov is a physician scientist whose research centers on complications of diabetes. She has a doctorat...
Read Bio
Jesse Roach, MD
Dr. Jesse Roach is currently a nephrologist and medical officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Se...
Read Bio
Alain Romero, PharmD, PhD
Alain is the Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs for Relypsa Pharmaceuticals. Alain joined...
Read Bio
Amit Sharma, MD, FASN
Dr Sharma serves currently as the Vice President of Medical Affairs, Cardiovascular and Renal Division for ...
Read Bio
James P. Smith, MD, MS
James P. Smith, MD, MS, is a nephrologist and medical officer in the Division of Metabolism and Endocrinolo...
Read Bio
Robert A. Star, MD
As director of the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, Dr. Star is responsible for mana...
Read Bio
Aliza M. Thompson, MD, MS
Aliza Thompson is a Clinical Team Leader in the Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products, Center for D...
Read Bio
Howard Trachtman, MD, FASN
I attended Haverford College and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. I completed my residency t...
Read Bio
David M. White
"The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered, and in order that the sick may hav...
Read Bio
Celia 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 Bio
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin) is a Professor of Me...
Read Bio