KHI Board of Directors
Raymond C. Harris, MD, FASN, Co-Chair
Raymond C. Harris, MD, FASN, is a graduate of Yale College and Emory University Medical School. He undertoo...
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Paul T. Conway
Mr. Conway serves as President of the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP). As a patient, Mr....
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Jennifer E. Flythe, MD, MPH, FASN
Jenny Flythe is a nephrologist and clinical investigator at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Kidney C...
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Kevin John Fowler
Kevin Fowler has over 30 years of Life Sciences experience in pharmaceutical organizations both commercia...
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Barbara S. Gillespie, MD, FASN
Barbara S. Gillespie, MD, MMS, FASN, is a board-certified nephrologist who completed her residency in inter...
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Nicolas Jose Guzman, MD
Nicolas J. Guzman, M.D. has been the Director of Nephrology Clinical Research at AstraZeneca since 2014. He...
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Meg J. Jardine, MBBS, PhD
Meg Jardine is a clinician researcher developing a program of research exploring the cardiovascular and oth...
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Annamaria T. Kausz, MD, MS
Annamaria Kausz, MD, MS is a nephrologist and pediatric nephrologist with an extensive background in eviden...
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Benjamin L. Laskin, MD, MS
Benjamin Laskin is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the Universit...
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Jeffrey Lawson, MD, PhD
Jeffrey H. Lawson, M.D., Ph.D. is Humacyte’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He is a physician-scien...
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Kristen Miller, PharmD
Kristen Miller is a Health Scientist Policy Analyst in the Office of Medical Policy (OMP) in the Center fo...
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Patrick H. Nachman, MD, FASN
Patrick H. Nachman, MD, FASN, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. His research effor...
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Carolyn Y. Neuland, PhD
Dr. Carolyn Y. Neuland is the Chief of the Renal Devices Branch (RNDB), Division of Reproductive, Gastro-Re...
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Ikenna Okezie, MD
Ikenna is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Somatus. Founded in 2016, Somatus provides a preve...
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Uptal D. Patel, MD
Uptal Patel, MD, Senior Director, Inflammation & Respiratory Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences. Dr. Patel atten...
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Meda E. Pavkov, MD, PhD
Dr. Pavkov is a physician scientist whose research centers on complications of diabetes. She has a doctorat...
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Jesse Roach, MD
Dr. Jesse Roach is currently a nephrologist and medical officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Se...
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Alain Romero, MD, PharmD, PhD
Alain is the Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs for Relypsa Pharmaceuticals. Alain joined...
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Amit Sharma, MD, FASN
Amit Sharma M.D., is Vice President of Renal Market Strategy at Akebia Therapeutics, Cambridge, Massachuset...
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James P. Smith, MD, MS
James P. Smith, MD, MS, is a nephrologist and medical officer in the Division of Metabolism and Endocrinolo...
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Wendy L. St. Peter, PharmD, FASN
Dr. Wendy St. Peter is a Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. She received ...
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Robert A. Star, MD
As director of the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases, Dr. Star is responsible for mana...
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Aliza M. Thompson, MD, MS
Aliza Thompson is a Clinical Team Leader in the Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products, Center for D...
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Katrin Uhlig, MD, MS
Dr. Katrin Uhlig, MD, MS is a Senior Medical Director, Rare Genetic Diseases (RGD), at Agios Pharmaceutical...
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David M. White
David M. (Dave) White, is a healthcare consultant with subject matter expertise in person-centered care, pa...
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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...
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Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN
Prabir Roy-Chaudhury MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin) is a Professor of Medicine and Co-Director of the University of N...
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