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Renal Physicians
Association
1700 Rockville Pike
Suite 220
Rockville MD 20852
Phone: 301-468-3515
Fax: 301-468-3511
EMail: rpa@renalmd.org

CHAIR: Larry M Lehrner, MD

Strengthen the public/private policy agenda for RPA.
Increase effectiveness with influencing and educating key legislators/regulators.
Increase RPA’s leadership role within the nephrology community for public and private sector policy development.
Increase partnerships/alliances with relevant organizations as appropriate.
Increase collaboration with industry initiatives where appropriate.
Increase influence with non-renal organizations such as ACP-ASIM, ABIM and AMA.
Increase effectiveness of RPA regional leaders in influencing local health care policy development.

CHAIRMAN Larry M. Lehrner, MD Nephrology & Endocrine Associates 500 S. Rancho Dr. #12 Las Vegas NV 89106-4844 Office: 702-877-1887 Fax: 702-877-4536 Email: llehrner@prodigy.net	VICE CHAIRMAN David A Raskin, MD AKDHC, LLC 15255 N 40th St Ste 135 Phoenix AZ 85032-4682 Office: 602-943-1231 Fax: 602-395-9574 Email: darask@cox.net
RPA STAFF Robert Blaser Director of Public Policy 1700 Rockville Pike Suite 220 Rockville MD 20852 Office: 301-468-3515 Fax: 301-468-0442 Email: rblaser@renalmd.org	Vincent L Anthony, MD PO Box 881281 Dept. of Pediatric Nephrology Los Angeles CA 94305-9998 Office:323-759-0858 Fax: 323-759-3861 Email: vincentlmd@aol.com
William M. Bennett, MD Northwest Renal Clinic 1140 NW 22nd Suite 480 Portland OR 97210 Office: 503-413-6555 Fax: 503-413-6563 Email: bennettw@lhs.org	Christopher R Blagg, MD 2427 84th Avenue, SE Mercer Island WA 98040 Office: 206-232-3607 Fax: 206-230-4916 Email: blaggc@hotmail.com
Chaim Charytan, MD Nephrology Associates/NYHQ 56-45 Main Street Flushing NY 11355 Office: 718-670-1151 Fax: 718-353-9819 Email: charytan@pol.net	Louis H Diamond, MB ChB The MEDSTAT Group 4301 Connecticut Avenue Suite 330 Washington DC 20008 Office: 202-719-833 Fax: 202-719-7866 Email: louis.diamond@thomson.com
Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FACP Kidney Associates PLLC 6624 Fannin St. Suite 1400 Houston TX 77030-1316 Office: 713-795-5511 Fax: 713-795-4627 Email: fadem@bcm.tmc.edu	Raymond M. Hakim, MD Fresenius Medical Care 750 Old HIckory Blvd Suite 230 Brentwood TN 37027 Office: 615-345-5541 Fax: 615-345-5545 Email: raymond.hakimmd@fmc-na.com
William E. Haley, MD The Mayo Clinic 4500 San Pablo Rd. Davis 6-B Jacksonville FL 32224 Office: 904-953-7257 Fax: 904-953-7366 Email: haley.william@mayo.edu	James E. Hartle II, MD Geisinger Medical Center 708 Circle Drive Danville PA 17821 Office: 570-271-8026 Fax: 570-271-5623 Email: jhartle@geisinger.edu
Braxter P Irby Jr, MD Southwest MS Nephrology PLLC 513 Brookman Dr. Ste C Brookhaven MS 39601-2326 Office:601-833-3822 Fax: 601-835-4330 Email: Bpijr@aol.com	Edward Jones, MD Delaware Valley Nephrology 2 Penn Blvd Ste 112 Philadelphia PA 19144 Office:215-844-2508 Fax:215-849-2975 Email:dredj@comcast.net
Frederick J. Kaskel, MD, Ph.D Children's Hospital at Montefiore 111 East 210th Street Bronx NY 10467 Office: 718-655-1120 Fax: 718-652-3136 Email: FKaskel@aecom.yu.edu	Derrick L. Latos, MD Nephrology Associates, Inc. 58 16th St Suite 500 Wheeling WV 26003-3660 Office: 304-242-7751 Fax: 304-242-7254 Email: dlatos@wrc3.com
J. Michael Lazarus, MD Fresenius Medical Care 60 Old Colony Road Wellesley Hills MA 02481 Office: 781-402-9000 Fax: 781-699-9582 Email: michael.lazarus.md@fmc-na.com	Charles J. McAllister, MD DaVita Inc. 4033 Tampa Road Suite 102 Oldsmar FL 34677 Office: 813-855-9310 Fax: 813-891-6007 Email: charlie.mcallister@davita.com
Kevin R McConnell, MD Jefferson Nephrology, Ltd 925 East Jefferson Street Charlottesville VA 22902 Office: 434-295-6374 Fax: 434-293-4990 Email:kevin.mcconnell@mjh.org	Allen R. Nissenson, MD, ACP UCLA Medical Center 200 Medical Plaza, Ste. #565 Los Angeles CA 90095 Office: 310-825-9464 Fax: 310-206-2985 Email: anissenson@mednet.ucla.edu
William G Paxton, MD, PhD Nephrology medical Associates of Georgia 170 Camden Hill Rd Suite F Lawrenceville GA 30045 Office: 770-339-4225 Fax:770-339-4797 Email:wpaxton@davita.com	Vijakumar M. Rao, MD Associates in Nephrology 210 South Des Plaines St. Chicago IL 60611 Office: 312-654-2700 Fax: 312-654-0118 Email: vrao@associatesinnephrology.com
Robert S. Rigolosi, MD Holy Name Hospital Regional Hemodialysis Ctr. 718 Teaneck Road Teaneck NJ 07666 Office: 201-833-3223 Fax: 201-833-7090 Email: rsrigolosi@aol.com	Dale A Rowett, MD PO Box 669 Essex CT 06426 Office: 860-344-8606 Fax: 860-344-8963 Email: dalerowett@comcast.net
Dom Ruscio Cavarocchi Ruscio Dennis Associates 316 Pennsylvania Ave SE Suite 403 Washington DC 20003 Office: 202-546-4732 Fax: 202-546-1257 Email: druscio@dc-crd.com	Lance A. Sloan, MD 10 Medical Center Blvd Ste A Lufkin TX 75904 Office: 936-632-4282 Fax: 936-632-4249 Email:lsloan@consolidated.net
Leslie A. Spry, MD Lincoln Nephrology 7441 O Street Ste 304 Lincoln NE 68510 Office: 402-484-5600 Fax: 402-484-5630 Email:lspryguy@aol.com	Ruben L. Velez, MD Dallas Nephrology Associates 1420 Viceroy Drive Dallas TX 75235 Office: 214-358-2300 Fax: 214-366-6027 Email: velezr@dneph.com
Parick D Walker, MD Nephropathology Associates 10810 Executive Center Drive Ste 100 Little Rock AR 72211 Office:501-604-2695 Fax:501-604-2699 Email:walkerpd@kidneybx.com	Sandra L Watkins, MD Univ of WA Childrens Hosp and Reg Med Ctr Division of Nephrology 4800 Sand Point Way NE MI-5 Seattle WA 98105-0371 Ofifce:206-987-2524 Fax: 206-987-2636 Email: sandra.watkins@seattlechildrens.org
Lawrence S Weisberg, MD UMDNJ-robert Wood Johnson Med School Cooper Hosp/Univ Med Center 401 Haddon Avenue Camden NJ 08103 Office:856-757-7844 Fax: 856-757-7778 Email: weisberg@umdnj.edu