Research in Dialysis Patients Consensus Conference - March 2006

Participant List  

Steering Committee

Tomas Berl, MD, FASN
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension
Denver, CO

Alan Kliger, MD
Hospital of Saint Raphael
Department of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Robert Star, MD
NIDDK
Bethesda, MD

David Warnock, MD
University of Alabama
Director of Nephrology
Birmingham, AL

Paul Smedberg
The American Society of Nephrology
Washington, DC

Pharmaceutical Representatives

Dr. Laura Williams
Abbott
Abbott Park, IL

Dr. Robert Brenner
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, CA

Dr. Preston Klassen
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, CA

Dheerendra Kommala, MD
Baxter Healthcare-Renal
McGaw Park, IL

Dr. Charlene Stubbs
Baxter Healthcare-Renal
McGaw Park, IL

Dr. Andrew Blair
Genzyme
Waltham, MA

Paul Kessler, MD
Nabi Pharmaceuticals
Rockville, MD

Matthew Dauphin
Shire Pharmaceuticals
Wayne, PA

Naomi Dahl, Pharm.D.
Watson Laboratories, Inc.
Morristown, NJ

Dialysis Organizations

Randall L. Hein, GM
DaVita
Minneapolis, MN

Charlie McAllister, MD
DaVita
Minneapolis, MN

Chris Riopelle
DaVita
Minneapolis, MN

Elizabeth Strammiello
DaVita
Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Mike Lazarus
Fresenius
Lexington, MA

Dr. Raymond Hakim
Renal Care Group
Lexington, MA

Sue Rottura (NRAA)
Renal Associate of Boca Raton
Boca Raton, FL

Physician Representatives

Sharon Adler, MD, FASN
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Division of Nephrology
Torrance, CA

Dr. Michael Allon
UAB Medical Center, The Kirklin Clinic
Birmingham, AL

Daniel Batlle, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Nephrology Division
Chicago, IL

Allen Nissenson, MD, FASN
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
UCLA Medical Center - Dialysis Program
Los Angeles, CA

Organizations

Josie Briggs, MD
National Institutes of Health, NIDDK
Bethesda, MD

Paul Eggers, PhD
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Dolph Chianchiano, JD, MPA
National Kidney Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY

Patient Representatives

Dr. Stephan Fadem
Kidney Associates, PLLC
Houston, TX

Celeste Castillo Lee
Duke University
Durham, NC

Legal Council

Neil Olderman
Gardner, Carton and Douglas
Chicago, IL

Robyn Shapiro
Gardner, Carton and Douglas
Chicago, IL